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Bob Marshall-Andrews, QC and rebel Labour MP, has joined the campaign to elect David Davis in todays Haltemprice and Howden by-election as a means of defending UK domestic human rights. Writing in the Yorkshire Post , he takes a tilt...

It seems that the “people want 42 days pre-charge detention” argument may have been punctured somewhat by the Rowntree Reform Trust’s survey , released today, showing 60% against 42 days. Sky News kindly reprinted the poll results...

That's the verdict given by long-time Westminster-watcher Brian Walker over at Slugger O'Toole , full of choice quotes from the good Lords, but rounded off with this assessment from Walker: "It’s very hard to see how 42 days can...

I came across a fine bit of creative campaigning and locally targetted advertising by pressure group Unlock Democracy (successor of Charter 88). They have taken out wraparound advertising in two local freesheets, East Riding Advertiser...

In Dublin in May, 111 countries agreed to ban cluster bombs. The United States didn't show up for the conference and, according to a report in The Guardian, has now published its response: to reduce the number of unexploded bomblets...