Tony Blair battles against the Law (currently live)
Blair facing crunch terror vote
Mr Blair has refused to back down on the 90-day detention plans
Prime Minister Tony Blair has made a final appeal to MPs to back plans to allow police to hold terror suspects without charge for up to 90 days.
...If the government loses, it would be Mr Blair's first Commons defeat.
It would be a blow to his authority but would not mean he would have to stand down as prime minister - something he has said he will do before the next election.
Panic?
In a sign of how tight the vote is likely to be, Chancellor Gordon Brown was called back to the UK within minutes of arriving in Israel for a high profile visit.
He was due to meet Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as the head of a joint G8 and European Union initiative.
Mr Brown's talks are now due to take place on Thursday.
Right now, if a/v files won't crash your computer, you can watch it live on the BBC's website.
Amazing, how New Labour has come down to staking its rep on gaining the authority to hold suspects 3 months without charging them of anything - in order to make the people of Britain "safer." How foreign policy comes second to ramming this through. Amazing, how Blair Bliar has come down to trying to roll back England to the 17th century, when it comes to civil rights.
Time to choose, MPs - Britannia, or Airstrip One?
Mr Blair has refused to back down on the 90-day detention plans
Prime Minister Tony Blair has made a final appeal to MPs to back plans to allow police to hold terror suspects without charge for up to 90 days.
...If the government loses, it would be Mr Blair's first Commons defeat.
It would be a blow to his authority but would not mean he would have to stand down as prime minister - something he has said he will do before the next election.
Panic?
In a sign of how tight the vote is likely to be, Chancellor Gordon Brown was called back to the UK within minutes of arriving in Israel for a high profile visit.
He was due to meet Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as the head of a joint G8 and European Union initiative.
Mr Brown's talks are now due to take place on Thursday.
Right now, if a/v files won't crash your computer, you can watch it live on the BBC's website.
Amazing, how New Labour has come down to staking its rep on gaining the authority to hold suspects 3 months without charging them of anything - in order to make the people of Britain "safer." How foreign policy comes second to ramming this through. Amazing, how Blair Bliar has come down to trying to roll back England to the 17th century, when it comes to civil rights.
Time to choose, MPs - Britannia, or Airstrip One?