Proposed 42 day detention without charge

[Barman]

Brown wins crunch vote on 42 days

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has narrowly won a House of Commons vote on extending the maximum time police can hold terror suspects to 42 days.

It appears 37 Labour MPs joined forces with Conservative and Lib Dems to vote against the proposals.

But that was not enough to defeat the plan ministers claim is needed to deal with complex terror plots.

It was passed by 315 MPs to 306 votes. It will come as a big boost to Mr Brown after his recent troubles.

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Wankers! 

[Snoopy]

I think the whole country knows that he had to buy those votes and they also know those who were willing to be bought. I foresee many of them being out of a job come the General Election.

[Uncle Mort]

Why didn't my MP hold out for a new hospital or something? 

[Snoopy]

Well we know who to vote for and who not.

LABOUR MPs VOTING AGAINST GOVERNMENT

Diane Abbott
Richard Burden
Katy Clark
Harry Cohen
Frank Cook
Jeremy Corbyn
Jim Cousins
Andrew Dismore
Frank Dobson
David Drew
Paul Farrelly
Mark Fisher
Paul Flynn
Neil Gerrard
Ian Gibson
Roger Godsiff
John Grogan
Dai Havard
Kate Hoey
Kelvin Hopkins
Glenda Jackson
Lynne Jones
Peter Kilfoyle
Andrew MacKinlay
Bob Marshall-Andrews
John McDonnell
Michael Meacher
Julie Morgan
Chris Mullin
Douglas Naysmith
Gordon Prentice
Linda Riordan
Alan Simpson
Emily Thornberry
David Winnick
Mike Wood


CONSERVATIVE MP VOTING WITH GOVERNMENT

Ann Widdecombe       


DUP MPs WHO BACKED GOVERNMENT

Gregory Campbell
Nigel Dodds
Jeffrey Donaldson
The Rev William McCrea
The Rev Ian Paisley       
Iris Robinson
Peter Robinson
David Simpson
Sammy Wilson

[Barman]

Still... It'll be kicked-out in The Lords... won't it?

[Grumpmeister]

Still... It'll be kicked-out in The Lords... won't it?

Depends on how many peerages Tony sol...er...handed out.

[Snoopy]

I suspect the Lords will amend it heavily and send it back, Gordo will have another strop and threaten to use the "Parliament Act" to force it through, compromises will be reached and everyone will claim to have won. Meanwhile expect to see Ian Paisley Knighted (at least) and more money poured from London into Nor'n Ireland than you would have believed possible ~ starting with £200million proceeds from the upcoming water privatisation in the six counties.