We've dropped our coverage of control orders.
It's partly because there's not a lot fresh to say that won't be in the 1700 news. And there's a lot to cram in tonight including reporter packages which we sort of need to balance the number of interviews.
Anyway - here's what you could have won, as lifted from the running order:..
"The curious thing about the three terror suspects who're on the run is that people from all sides have managed to claim that things might have been different if only they'd been listened to.
Newspaper front pages screamed for attention this morning. There was the Daily Mail's
VOICE UP:
FIND THEM. New security shambles as three terror suspects under control orders go on run.
EDDIE:
For the Daily Mirror the message was
VOICE UP:
GET THEM. "extreme danger" terror suspects on loose.
EDDIE:
But how dangerous are these three men judged to be?
We were told last night by deputy Assistant Police Commissioner Peter Clarke that the public should not approach the men but dial 999.
This morning the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Secretary John Reid called the men "dangerous", though NOT a direct threat to the public.
Then Britain's most senior police officer Sir Ian Blair said nobody could be perfectly satisfied that the men were not a risk to the public in Britain.
As I say there is agreement, though for different reasons, that there's something wrong with the current control order system.
The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Secretary John Reid in his first public comment this morning complained of the imitations placed on the authorities by Parliament, the courts and the law. It was like having to fight with one hand tied behind his back.
He elaborated later in the House of Commons.
[
NAME: CONTROL ORDERS Reid Clip
NUMBER: 14674
IN WORDS: unfortunately
OUT WORDS: counter terrorism bill
DURATION: 0'51''
NAME: CONTROL ORDERS Reid Clip
NUMBER: 14674
IN WORDS: unfortunately
OUT WORDS: counter terrorism bill
DURATION: 0'51''
For the Shadow Attorney General Dominic Grieve the problem was one of the Government's making.
[
NAME: NEWSWIRE CONTROL GRIEVE
NUMBER: 14263
IN WORDS: The government
OUT WORDS: to take action on this point
DURATION: 0'30''
NAME: NEWSWIRE CONTROL GRIEVE
NUMBER: 14263
IN WORDS: The government
OUT WORDS: to take action on this point
DURATION: 0'30''
Shami Chakrabarti, the director of the human rights organisation Liberty, insisted control orders were not the answer.
[
NAME: NEWSWIRE CONTROL CHAKRABARTI
NUMBER: 13098
IN WORDS: Those people ...
OUT WORDS: ... our security policy.
DURATION: 0'17''
NAME: NEWSWIRE CONTROL CHAKRABARTI
NUMBER: 13098
IN WORDS: Those people ...
OUT WORDS: ... our security policy.
DURATION: 0'17''
It emerged this afternoon that one of the three men who've absconded while under control orders had previously appeared at the Old Bailey - for breaching his control order."
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Fascinating reading, but - Why does it remind me of the Hokey Cokey?
Oh what fun - we *could* have read along with the programme.
Tomorrow can we have fun with a bit of live cue material?
Whatever happened to the standard out cue?
I dare you to start the show with 'in a packed programme tonight...'
Would Eric have read this bit verbatim? :
"The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Secretary John Reid in his first public comment this morning complained of the imitations placed on the authorities by Parliament"
...
If it punts Big Brother off I shall be mortal relieved, so run it.
Umm, Eddie? Can you have a word with whoever typed up this piece:
"The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Secretary John Reid in his first public comment this morning complained of the imitations placed on the authorities by Parliament"
I think we should all be worried if the authorities are being plagued by Imitations!
I'm sticking by my principles.
If I see these guys, I will be treating them as I would any other PM listener, and maybe even invite them in for a cup of tea, since they are innocent until proven guilty in my book..
And I thought you just sort of made it up as you went along (well - be fair, that's what it sounds like).
Does this mean there will be lots of coverage of the fallout from the Welsh Assembly elections ?
Or of the Rainbow Coalition, for which it might be necessary to import the Northern Ireland Assembly's very own 'Bride's Nightie' analogy ??
andycrsharpeye - I bet Eddie'd have noticed too!
Oh purr-leeeeeease, not Big Brother again???
Do you not remember me explaining to you yesterday that some things just aren't News?
Government Admits Control Orders Are Incompatible With Human Rights - news.
Councils Will Spy On Your Rubbish Habits - news.
Channel 4 Lets Woman Slag-Off Other Woman On Prime Time TV Months Ago - NOT NEWS!!!!!!!
I'm going to keep repeating this till editorial standards rise again.
Fifi
I'm with fifi: Big Brother is so-o-o-o-o-o bo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ring, and
NOT NEWS
(if this appears twice, that's because it was malicious the first time, ok?)
Did the editorial meeting go something like this?
Mmmmm...hard choice, this one....Shami, Silpa..... Silpa, Shami.
Hmmmmm. Oh I know, Big Brother starts next week. Let's give it some advance publicity, in case no-one knows.
Right, folks, Silpa it is then.
Now who's leading on ''Rubbish''?
How can the media be so gullable in believing John Reid and his wonderful spinning machine are going to consider opting out of the Human Rights Act? There's as much chance of this as there is of me considering and buying a Ferrari!
Above mentioned lady, Shamless Akrobati (Director of Liberty, a human rights organisation), never fights a cause outside Britain - or the West. She knows, fighting the horrible human right abuses in Somalia, Sudan, Algeria ... you name it, is very DANGEROUS and DOESN'T PAY well.
She then better fight the Gov... The worst thing that can happen to her is to be elected ambassador to the world bank, EIBRD, UN or some other place well paid by tax money. I bet we see her there in 5 years time.