Police powers self-test!

Have a go at this great exercise on police powers from St Joseph's school on Tyneside - great for revising detention of suspects at the police station...

42 days - ace speech by Diane Abbott

(If video does not display click here for a transcript).

Is she right? Let me know what you think - make a comment!

Is the law tough enough as it is? The government and some tories think not!

For more on the government's (now doomed?) proposals and an analysis of the position in other countries have a read of this and this...