You may recall that the answer to the question “What is the meaning of life, the Universe and everything?” was “42”, according to the Deep Thought Computer in Douglas Adams’s The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
The problem for Arther Dent and Ford Prefect was that in order to understand the answer, they first had to find out what the ‘Ultimate Question’ was.
Well, now we know. It’s clearly “how many days we should be allowed to hold a suspected terrorist without charge.” How, this will affect the meaning of life, the universe and everything is no entirely clear, except if we were to presume that the outcome of today’s vote in Parliament resulted in defeat for the Government and the realisation that the game is up for Gordon. Will this herald a new dawn, or will the earth cease to exist tomorrow? This is indeed a worrying time for us all!
The problem for Arther Dent and Ford Prefect was that in order to understand the answer, they first had to find out what the ‘Ultimate Question’ was.
Well, now we know. It’s clearly “how many days we should be allowed to hold a suspected terrorist without charge.” How, this will affect the meaning of life, the universe and everything is no entirely clear, except if we were to presume that the outcome of today’s vote in Parliament resulted in defeat for the Government and the realisation that the game is up for Gordon. Will this herald a new dawn, or will the earth cease to exist tomorrow? This is indeed a worrying time for us all!
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