More Plans For UK Internet Snooping Bill Revealed In Queen's Speech

TheGift73 writes "By far the most controversial bill discussed in the Queen's speech today has to be the 'Draft Communications Bill' which '...will allow the police and intelligence agencies to collect data on communications, like texts and emails, flexible to changes in technology, such as the Internet. This will apply UK wide.' The Queen's Speech has set out the government's legislative plans for the next year." El Reg has the skinny on the CCDP related parts. From their article: "It's unclear if those 'strict safeguards' mean that a warrant, for example, would be needed before spooks could access such data. The rough proposal appeared to only fuzzily indicate that such protection for British citizens would be provided, however."

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Re:Jolly good.

[slim]

Well...

She has a weekly audience with the prime minister, and it's not known what's said behind those closed doors.

So, if you want to believe she keeps her role separate from politics, then there's no evidence to contradict that view.
But also, if you want to believe she takes a keen interest, and nudges the government to do what she wants, there's no evidence to contradict that either.

It is true that if a government gave her a speech she really didn't agree with, she'd be obliged by convention to read it -- or spark a constitutional crisis.

This will all become more interesting when Charles becomes king, since he's much more forthcoming about his own political views.