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The Government have won by a narrow squeak on the 42 day detention without charge vote.

via Daily Referendum.

More from the BBC:

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has narrowly won a House of Commons vote on extending the maximum time police can hold terror suspects to 42 days.

Rebel Labour MPs had joined forces with Conservative and Lib Dems to vote against the proposals.

But it was not enough to defeat the plan which ministers claim is needed to deal with complex terror plots.

The government won by nine votes, with 315 MPs backing its position and 306 MPs voting against it.

The interesting political points are:

1. Why did the DUP vote in support of the Government?
2. What promsises were made to which MPs in exchange for their support?

via Daily Referendum.