http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4040887.stm
Mr Blunkett says the public want new police powers
Security could lose but not win an election for Labour, Home Secretary David Blunkett has said as he denied new police powers were authoritarian.
The government has been accused of trying to create a 'climate of fear' through new law and order measures.
And there are fears plans to give police and civilian officers more powers go too far.
Rejecting claims he was draconian, Mr Blunkett said people would turn to the far right if they did not feel safe. "
