By Jeralyn, Section Foreign Affairs Posted on Sun Jan 01, 2006 at 01:12:30 PM EST Tags: (all tags) A new law went into effect in Great Britain today, allowing police to arrest for every offense, no matter how trivial: Police are to be given sweeping powers to arrest people for every offence, including dropping litter, failure to wear a seat belt and other minor misdemeanours. The measures, which c