[lit-ideas] Re: one little victory
- From: Judy Evans <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 17:51:24 +0000
Wednesday, November 9, 2005, 5:37:22 PM, david ritchie wrote:
dr> On Nov 9, 2005, at 9:19 AM, Judy Evans wrote:
>> despite scare stories this morning by Blair:
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4422086.stm
>>
dr> This reminds me of faculty councils. Blair wanted ninety days
dr> without charge. "NO!" say the stalwart Defenders of Liberty. So
dr> then they settle on twenty eight days and call it a serious blow to
dr> Blair's authority.
it is, David, a singular defeat for Blair.
and now and then, Faculty Councils strike a blow for student welfare.
It's all jolly boring, isn't it? jolly easy to make fun of? unless
you're a put-upon student or (obviously far worse) a wrongly
imprisoned terror suspect. Then it matters.
New Labour pulled out all the stops on this one, they even emailed
Labour Party members plus people like me, soliciting participation in
a poll re their proposals that was so worded it was almost impossible
to express opposition to them without coming across as an Al Qaeda
fifth columnist
(shades of certain e-lists...)
and they flew Gordon Brown and Jack Straw back to the UK to vote.
there was a mini-fracas about that. I (and all the others) had an
e-mail of apology re the questions "from Charles Clarke" yesterday.
--
Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK
mailto:judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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