Polls and Missing Members..
Compass have published their poll results:
Total number of responses = 571
1. Do you think there should be a new offence of encouraging or glorifying terrorism? The terrorism Bill contains such an offence.
Yes - 144 (26%)
No - 409 (74%)
Total - 553
2. How long should the police be allowed to detain terrorist suspects without charge? 14 days is the current maximum. The government wants 90 days and some backbench Labour MPs are supporting an amendment to the bill that would allow 28 days.
a) 14 days - 257 (46%)
b) 28 days - 199 (36%)
c) 56 days - 21 (4%)
d) 90 days - 75 (13%)
e) Indefinitely - 6 (1%)
Total - 558
3. Do you believe that the Terrorism Bill in its current form will increase or decrease the chances of further terrorist attacks in the UK?
Increase - 215 (49%)
Decrease - 84 (19%)
No Change - 143 (32%)
Total - 442
And these figures from a BBC click thru poll show a similar trend, with slightly more enthusuiasm for the full 90.
Terror laws: How long should suspects be held?
90 days - 38%
42 days - 6%
28 days - 24%
No change-31%
26541 Votes Cast
Results are indicative and may not reflect public opinion.
Anecdotely, I keep hearing commentators on the Radio, and TV mentioning the lack of support for, and solid opposition to the proposed bill that is reflected in calls texts and emails, and on a vague straw poll of people I have spoken to about it, at least 3/4 appear to be vehemently opposed.
So where did the YouGov Poll come from, the one that is being quoted everywhere as saying 70% of Brits support 90 days?
Apparently it was comissioned by the same guys that are responsible for this:
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THE Sun today calls on its army of readers to back Prime Minister Tony Blair and DEMAND 90-day detention for terror suspects.
Phone our special hotline NOW to make your voice heard. The people’s will can force MPs to bring safety to Britain’s streets by backing the detention of terror suspects for 60 days at the very least — but preferably 90. |
SpyBlog are on the case however, and do a great job of deconstructing questions, and the poll results:
Although not quite as biased as the online Labour party mockery, it does show that "he who pays the pollster gets to bias the questions"...
Blair is playing a high stakes game with his volte face over consensus, and doubtless NL are employing every dirty trick in the book to push this through.
It remains to be seen whether a few (Cornerstone?) Conservative MPs are prepared to defy their whip, and whether the Labour backbenchers have any backbone left at all. The Lib Dem whips office assure us that they will ALL be in attendence, and this afternoon offered BB their profuse apologies about the missing 2 last time, and George Galloway's tour mangement assure us he has no bookings with them on wednesday.
see today's Sun front page
see today's Sun front page ----
If [(Davis + Cameron) = (Dumb + Bumber)] then [Wade = Dumbest]
The Sun, are calling people
The Sun, are calling people Dumb...!?
Pots and Kettles...
I wouldn't know what is on their front page though, it's not on sale where i live, people in Liverpool have never forgiven them for Hillsborough so I don't have to encounter their tawdry little rag on the newstands...
Lucky for you ringverse ...
Lucky for you ringverse ... just a shame that more people outside Merseyside don't realise what a heap of crap it is ...