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Shami Chakrabarti joined Liberty from the Home Office on 10 September 2001 as a lawyer, and now campaigns to protect civil liberties as the organisation's director. She talks 42 day detention and her dealings with Gordon Brown over the issue, Ed Balls's comments about Labour getting it wrong on control orders, and defending her reputation after alleged smears against her.

Also, the latest on Ireland's financial crisis: Justin Urquhart Stewart on how it will affect the UK economy.

Later in the programme, what's the point in the monarchy? And with NICE guidelines out next week, how do you put a price on life? Taking part in this week's 5 live Forum, Gavin Hayes, director of social-democratic pressure group Compass; Chris Philp, the Conservative PPC for Hampstead and Kilburn, and Miranda Green, journalist and former Lib Dem spin doctor.