All I want for my birthday...

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[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

I read it in the paper not too long ago - a month maybe? prob about 3 weeks - and I was a bit shocked, I'll grant you. Am trying to remember where I read it - possibly thelondonpaper, when they did a piece about the mayoral candidates? I don't think it was Time Out, cos they were doing it more recently.

Damn, brain not working, really can't remember where I read it but i am definitely not imagining it - have just asked A as well and he says he recalls reading it and thinks it was probably thelondonpaper but he can't be sure.

Not that that'd stand up in court, I grant you :¬/

Could you not just ask him his views of the 60 day detention?

[djm4]

Could you not just ask him his views of the 60 day detention?

I'll certainly do that, but he's almost certain to tell me exactly what he told The Guardian (link above) and The Daily Telegraph, because if he told me any different, half his campaign team would walk out on the spot (I'm quite serious). That's why I'd like to have actual hard evidence of his apparent breathtaking about-turn. It's also why I find it very hard to believe - if he had said something like that in The London Paper it would have been huge news on the Lib Dem blogs I read.

Are you sure you weren't reacting to his qualified support for stop and search powers (same link as above)? This certainly caused a number of Liberals (including me) pause for thought, although it's worth noting that it is qualified support.

[lizw.livejournal.com]

Searching thelondonpaper website for "Paddick" produces only one hit, which is from 12 February and doesn't mention detention at all. Searching on Time Out for "Paddick detention" produces one hit, which turns out not to be relevant. The same search on This Is London produces this, where he opposes 90 days. "Paddick" on the Metro site gets 11 hits, one of which is this one, where he criticises Ian Blair for supporting detention beyond 28 days and accuses Blair of forcing him to make public statements in support of 90-day detention when he was still in the Met. Could that be what you were thinking of?

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[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

Hm. I'm pretty sure it was a recent and positive statement, and also that it was about the new proposed longer detention period, NOT 90 days. Have gone thru about half our old papers and can't find it. We may still have it in the house, I am still looking, but my hopes are not high right now.

[lizw.livejournal.com]

We did ask two of his campaign team about this at Conference, and they didn't know of any such article and were quite vehement that this is not Brian's view. Do let us know if you find it, because I know the team would want to correct it.

[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

As I said, I was a bit shocked when I read it. I shall try and find it, because I'm wondering if it was a WILDLY out of context quote or what.