So, Gordon Brown is going to have a look again at the extradition arrangements with the US. This is good news, but let us hope that it focuses on the real issue: why are we almost unique in agreeing to extradite our nationals to the US at all?
So far, much of the debate has focused on the inequality of the extradition arrangements, with the test for extradition from the US being higher than the test for extradition to the US. But once you offer a relatively low extradition hurdle (and it is worth remembering that the UK does this with a number of countries, not just the US), you are not going to get very far in complaining that certain other countries have a different barrier.
