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Why did Theresa do it?

I'm genuinely curious as to why Theresa May, Home Secretary, signed us up to the European Investigation Order.  She didn't have to.  She could easily have said no.  But she chose to make British police forces subject to them.

I've tabled some Parliamentary questions to ask her to publish the advice she received before she made her decision, as her statement to the Commons still leaves me a little curious. 

Perhaps it was because senior officials in her department wanted it - in which case we should be told.  Maybe it was because ACPO - the Association of Chief Police Officers - wanted it?  But if we did all that that ACPO asks, we'd probably be wearing compulsory ID tags.  I'll keep you posted when I get those answers ....

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