No Mandate Brown has already spoken in favour of giving the state the power to detain people suspected of terrorism for 3 months without charge. Now Lord Carlile, the “independent” advisor to the Goblin King’s rump cabinet on anti-terrorism laws, is saying that politicians should make the decision on how long suspects can be detained without charge, judges should.

Lord Carlile is an Illiberal Dipshit Lord and campaigned to get a UK version of the US Patriot Act introduced in this country. The US Patriot Act allows the US government to detain – without charge, trial or access to legal representation – any forieng citizen for an indefinite period.

Of course, to fall foul of anti-terrorism laws you need to do something really bad like stand outside Downing Street reading the names of soldiers killed in Iraq or stand outside Parliament with a blank placard or wear a “Bollocks to Blair” t-shirt in Parliament Square. For these henous crimes you can currently be locked up for a month without charge.

This decision should not be made by unelected judges. Elected politicians have already rejected it knowing that it is not what the electorate wants. When the British government first tried to bring in 90 day detention it instructed the police to write a proposal asking for it and then said “look, the Police are asking for it” by way of justification for abusing our civil rights. Expect the Goblin King to appear on the telly shortly telling us “Look, the British independent British judiciary have British asked for it. British. How can we British refuse to British give them what they British need to do their British job?”.