Sailing Rough Seas.

The July 7 bombings prompted the UK government to make radical changes in it laws especially with relation to terror suspects. The number of days allowed for Scotland Yard to detain and question terror suspects has been a subject of controversy. The current counter terrorism bill allows the police to detain and question terror suspects for up to 28 days but PM Brown is seeking to extend this to 42 days, a move which barely made it past the House of Commons by 315 votes to 306 but is expected to be defeated by the House of Lords with Brown threathening to invoke the Parliament Act, a move some have said would be political suicide. So what should Brown do? How would a House of Lords defeat of the bill affect his political future (if he has any)? The next couple of weeks could prove if he his indeed the right person to lead Britain.