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26 January 2011updated 05 Oct 2023 8:06am

The new dawn of control orders-lite

The cynics were right. Control orders were repackaged and rebranded and it worked: the Lib Dems cave

By Mehdi Hasan

Those of us of a cynical bent were, as usual, proved right. Control orders haven’t been scrapped or “replaced” — they have been rebranded, rebadged and repackaged. Officially, they’re now called “Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures” but I agree with those who call them “control orders-lite”.

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