Summary
GORDON Brown last night secured a narrow victory in the battle over 42-day terrorist detention, but was left badly wounded by the scale of the Labour back-bench rebellion.
The Prime Minister was forced to seek the support of the nine Democratic Unionist MPs from Northern Ireland to ensure that the key measure in the Counter Terrorism Bill passed through the Commons. Some 36 Labour MPs rebelled, which would have been enough to bring about Mr Brown's first defeat as Prime Minister as it would have wiped out Labour's normal working majority of 65.See the full content of this document
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Brown Survives Labour Revolt
There were angry scenes in the Commons when the result was announced, with furious Liberal Democrats and Conservative MPs turning to the DUP and shouting "you were bought" and "hope the price was right".
There were widespread rumours that Mr Brown had offered the DUP a GBP 200 million concession over water r...See the full content of this document
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