Sir John Major, a former Prime Minister, is against plans to hold terror suspects for up to 42 days without charge.

Some of the words he used were “bogus” and “scaremongering”.

The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, does not want to abandon his principles and is intent on getting the rightly concerned MPs to comprise theirs. Sir John Major urged the MPs not to abandon their principles.

He went onto say that no such measure were contemplated when “Britain faced a more regular – and no less violent – assaults from the IRA.”

By lowering our standards, he believes it will help the terrorists rather than defeat them.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown states that by detaining individuals for up to 42 days without presenting any evidence that will hold up in a court of law, that he will “secure the fundamental liberties of the citizen”.

He goes on to say “We have done everything in our power to protect the civil liberties of the individual”. Who is forcing the government to erode basic human rights established over centuries?

Lord Goldsmith, the former Attorney General, wrote in the Sunday Telegraph that passing the anti-terror bill would help destroy the "very basis of free society that our ancestors fought so hard to create".

"There can be no mistake that extending the period suspects can be held without charge is a very serious incursion on our fundamental freedoms."

He has also said that "The case has not been made for that extension and I can't personally support it." He believes that it could send the wrong message to the Muslim community, and could be used as justification for "misguided young men" to launch attacks.

Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has previously said: "The obsession with 42 days is undermining, not supporting, the battle against terrorism.

Sir Ken Macdonald, the director of public prosecutions, said that his believed that the 42 day detention was unnecessary.

Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights said the case had not been made for justifying the longer period.

The Church of England has spoken against the plan.

The Police Chiefs fear it may be unworkable.

Since 2005, only on three occasions have suspects been held longer than 14 days - Sue Hemming, head of the Crown Prosecution Service's counter-terrorism division.

Dalawar Chaudhry, of Chaudhry's TKC, an established figure of the Southall community said: “I believe this is a direct attack on our human rights on a section of the community which in reality is an attack on all the community.”

“We elected Mr. Sharma to be our MP and do sincerely hope that he recognises that this motion is stereotypical and will stigmatise the Muslim community. We need our MP to recognise that the community has given him a mandate and loyalty is to the electorate.”

“On behalf of Southall's Muslim community, I believe this is an important test of our MP and hope he hasn't forgotten that the Muslim community played a major role in electing him.”

“Furthermore we hope that he will not vote in favour of paving the road towards Guatanamo.”

The Commons vote on extending the limit from 28 days to 42 days is on Wednesday.