Lynne Featherstone

So – Labour have axed the stupidly biased “questionnaire” about detention without trial from their website.

This is what Charles Clarke said in his climb-down email:

“I would like to apologise for the questionnaire which was attached to the message that I sent out to party supporters on Friday. It was not intended to gauge public opinion but to start a political debate around the proposals currently being debated in Parliament. Many people have raised with me perfectly valid concerns about how the questions were drafted. I can only say that I share those concerns and give my assurance that questions of this type will not used in the future.”

He must have really got it in the neck to have had to make such a public u-turn! (Though, grudgingly! – some respect for him being willing to admit it was a blunder).