“I am against the war in Iraq, I don’t like big business and I think David Davis is mobilising right-wing policies in Britain”. So says Angela Morkos, a resident of David Davis’s former constituency who plans to vote for the Socialist Equity Party at the forthcoming by-election. Reporters from the World Socialist Website interviewed Angela and other local people to gauge the mood of the electorate before polling day.

Labour will not contest the by-election forced by the resignation of shadow home secretary David Davis, which he says is intended to initiate a public debate on the government’s attack on democratic rights. Julie Hyland reports.

The Brown government managed to pass its new anti-terror bill through parliament on Wednesday by a majority of just nine. Julie Hyland reports.

Detention without charge tramples rights won over centuries, says Shami Chakrabarti. Labour MPs must resist prolonging it just for party posturing