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Did the Queen Just Resurrect the Snooper's Charter?

Posted by timothy on from the by-the-way-monarchy-has-some-downsides dept.

DavidGilbert99 writes "This time last year the Queen officially introduced the Communications Data Bill (known as the Snooper's Charter to those opposing it). Last month it was effectively killed when the UK deputy prime minister Nick Clegg said it went too far and he wouldn't support it. Today the Queen was back and while there was no official mention of the Communications Data Bill, there was mention of 'crime in cyberspace' and a very strong hint that more legislation to monitor people's online activity is on the way."

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  1. Dishonesty is not healthy. by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    You said, "The Queen's speech will have been written for her by Parliament, so in instances like this, her opinions are not really her own."

    Notice that you are suggesting that dishonesty is acceptable.

    I lived in the U.K. for 5 months with an English woman. We were interviewing each other for marriage. It was my impression that allowing constant dishonesty helped English women manipulate English men. If the English culture is arranged such that the Queen can lie and be accepted, other women can lie and their lies will be accepted.