Kia's World

From the BBC:

Gordon Brown says he wants to "win the argument" in Parliament over his plans to extend the pre-charge detention limit for terror suspects to 42 days.

The prime minister is facing the prospect of a Commons defeat over the plans which are opposed by the Tories, Lib Dems and some Labour backbenchers.

Huzzah for our Brit friends :)

Defeat for Mr Brown - when MPs vote on the Counter Terrorism Bill next month - would come as a major blow to the prime minister's authority.

Don't know much about Gordon Brown, but maybe you Brits think this is a good thing? 

Also, this article is a little out of date (printed May 15th); I found it by following links from a subsequent article posted on the JTH site.  To follow the progress of this issue, use the following liniks:

Here is an article that describes the attempts to get the law through by making some compromises

Here is an article on how the supporters of the law are trying to win MPs over

Here is an article about how Home Secretary jacqui Smith is trying to win support for the law before the vote comes up.