Now thatMr Abdulmutallab is beingtreated as acriminal with the right to silence, insteadoffacingharshinterrogation as an enemy combatant, theyhavefreshammunition.
In the Chamber, term ended with the Prime Minister facing a long and gruelling interrogation over the hacking scandal - one which he survived pretty well, but which none the less signalled that it is still essential for senior ministers (and the Leader of the Opposition) to convince in the Chamber.