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UK Government To Back Off Plans To Share Private Data
Richard Rothwell writes with news that Jack Straw, Britain's Justice Secretary, has made public plans to drop provisions from the Coroners and Justice Bill which would have allowed the government to take information gathered for one purpose and use it for any other purpose. "A spokesman for Mr Straw said the 'strength of feeling' against the plans had persuaded him to rethink. The proposals will be dropped entirely from the Coroners and Justice Bill, and a new attempt will be made to reach a consensus on introducing a scaled-back version at an unspecified stage in the future." After defending the government's intentions, Straw bowed to pressure from a variety of groups and individuals who presented objections to the bill.
Cowards! Fuckin Cowards!
> This is not Orwellian. The Brit
ish government have not set out to control the populace,
> that will just be a purely unintentional side-effect.
Rubbish.
You've got it precisely the wrong way around.
The government is encouraging the tabloids as excuse and cover to carry out
this policy of "total situational awareness".
The government and British establishment are so terrified that all
those vague promises of British citizenship and rights of travel made to the
conquered peoples of the long collapsed empire have started to darken the pasty white
Britain and they have a long running policy to do something about it.
Its as simple as that.
Of course no one pointed out till it was too late that Mr. Average Britain
would also be caught in this web of cameras and spying.
I suppose next you will post the propaganda links about how popular these
cameras are, and how the stooges always show up at the council meetings to
lobby for more.
To turn around and blame this on the tabloids is laughable. You're a great
apologist, but not much of a clear thinker.
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