Mr Tanuja was listening to a human rights lawyer on Radio 4 yesterday who came out this interesting fact:
During the 70's & 80's at the height of the IRA bombings, on several occassions Parliament discussed and debated whether to allow the police to go to a shoot to kill policy. On each occassion the debate resulted in Parliament voting not to allow a shoot to kill policy. Since July 7th, Charles Clarke and Tony Blair, apparently without any debate or discussion or approval of Parliament, have approved the Met to use a shoot to kill policy.
I completely agree with your final point that co-operation is the key.
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Date: 2005-07-26 08:04 am (UTC)During the 70's & 80's at the height of the IRA bombings, on several occassions Parliament discussed and debated whether to allow the police to go to a shoot to kill policy. On each occassion the debate resulted in Parliament voting not to allow a shoot to kill policy. Since July 7th, Charles Clarke and Tony Blair, apparently without any debate or discussion or approval of Parliament, have approved the Met to use a shoot to kill policy.
I completely agree with your final point that co-operation is the key.