Not Proven

It's been a bad week for Jacqui Smith. Reporting earlier today, the home affairs select committee found "no evidence that there was a case for extending the pre-charge detention beyond 28 days" - not the first time this government has mistaken pigheadedness for strength in attempting to push through a grossly illiberal measure. Worryingly though, Keith Vaz chose to parrot Smith's nonsense phrase "pre-charge detention" in his judgement - we obviously haven't heard the last of this one.