42 Days: Craven Cowardice

Following on from a sterling record of cowardice at every available turn, Gordon Brown is running away from yet another electoral test – this time putting a Labour candidate up against David Davis. Therefore, if there is any candidate fighting Davis, it will either be from one of the fringe parties or a shaved fucking gorilla like the execrable Kelvin MacKenzie. Such is Gordon’s commitment to his ideals and his policies that he is happy to force them through the Commons with bribes for other parties. However, give him the chance to argue for them in an election, then he is disappearing over the hill like a coward with a deep yellow streak who is facing a battle.

Which leads me to conclude that Gordon can’t defend these ideas. If they are so important for this country and so essential, why not have a public vote? What does he have to fear? If 42 days detention is right, then why not take the case to the people and bury the debate once and for all?

Anyone with half a brain cell knows the answer to the questions above. When you remove the hysteria from the debate, and the mindless fear of evil terrorists lurking in every shadow, the policy does not make sense. Even more so, it is pointless. There is no need for 42 days detention – no-one is asking for it. It is a headline grab by Brown, playing to the unthinkingly ignorant. This is a malformed abortion of a policy; Davis knows this, and so does Brown. Brown’s failure to fight this by-election on this issue shows he has no case to make.

Congratulations, Mr Davis. On 42 days detention, you’ve won.