Sunday 20 April 2008

Blacklist of MPs in terror bill rebellion


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A SECRET blacklist of Labour MPs suspected of plotting to defeat Gordon Brown’s flagship terror reforms has been drawn up by the party’s whips. The rebel group redoubles the threat to Brown, who is already facing a revolt over his scrapping of the 10p tax rate for the low-paid.

The nine-page dossier, compiled earlier this year and seen by The Sunday Times, reveals bitter differences within Labour over plans to detain suspected terrorists for up to 42 days without trial. It shows that Labour’s whips fear at least 50 of the party’s MPs - including 10 former ministers - will vote against the government. A further 44 are undecided.

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