Why are some of Britain's human rights being allowed to be trampled upon?

Question

This all began with Tony Blair pre-9/11. The detention time before a person had to be charged or released was 2 days and Blair's government raised it to 7 days and then to14 days in 2003. Then, in 2005, to 28 days and now to 42 days by Brown. However, the 42 day period is not likely to make it through the House of Lords.

But, will Britain's new repression of human rights ever be pushed back to the 2 day period which held all through the Northern Ireland fight. Are Britain's governments gradually moving toward a fascist state?

Answer 1

Ahem! Internment without trial for suspected IRA men was introduced on 9 August 1971 during the troubles.

http://www.bloodysundaytrust.org/eduinte...

Answer 2

Bruno you are right,Briton is being turned into a fascist state all seeing all controlling,you can not smoke a cigarette at a bus stop even if their is no one else their.The detention at one time was 72 hours but they can take you be for a court and have you held for a further 7 days.nobody can own a hand gun or bullets or has the right to carry any form of protection. I could go on but the list is endless since the labor party has been in power they have brought in 2000 new laws, I think our country is going to the dogs. Slowly going dictator ship. we are being dictated to.

Answer 3

Because you guys don't understand that with freedom comes an enormous amount of responsibility. With regards to time held - hey you gotta give the cop guys a chance, in todays world the bad guys are ever more cunning.... and ... if you don't want to give them money for the best tools then at least give them time.

Answer 4

yes.

Answer 5

Fascism comes in many guises, but if you're referring to the specific repression of human rights and pervasive control of the state over its population, then in instances like this & others, I would have to agree with you.

What exactly has changed since we were dodging IRA terrorist bombs in London? Nothing. The situation is the same as ever at home, yet, we're now forced to be engaged in two conflicts - thanks to the US -, one of which is clearly illegal, the other way outside the obligations of NATO (Since we're only supposed defend our allies with our military in the event of an "armed attack against our allies", and a few Saudis with box cutters hardly qualifies - even if you believe the official story of 9/11), we're ostracizing a largely decent and productive section of our community, and now we're locking up people for 42 days without charge. We've all seen how anti-terror legislations have been used and abused by local governments on the public for such grave offences as over-filling our rubbish bins, we all know we're being monitored to death by cctv - now augmented with facial recognition s/w and high resolution cameras.

The laws, means, and excuses for a repressive state are now in place. All it takes is a Bush/Mugabe hybrid in the leadership to make it complete. In our eagerness to please our American cousins, we have taken the very worst of their behaviour, added some of our own, and implemented them on the people in the guise of fighting "terror", ironically terrorizing ourselves into a frezy of hate and divisiveness in our society.

Flapping, over-reacting, and hysteria are completely foreign concepts to Britain. Where's the stiff upper lip? Where is the courage to stand our ground in the face of difficult odds? Where is the cool headed rational understanding? Why on earth should a tiny bunch of misguided people dictate how we live our lives? You're right - I don't like the direction we're heading - we're teetering on the brink of becoming the 51st state, doing the bidding of a country run by cowards and megalomanics. I'm proud to be British, and this state of affairs is as un-British as it gets.