Obsolete has a very interesting take on the Clarke/Prescott news.
Meanwhile, the Register has a piece on a disturbing report by Statewatch (PDF). Apparently arms manufacturers have been put in charge of forming European civil security policy and strategy.
Responsibility for the formation of civil security policy and strategy have been given to the European Association of [...]
So, today’s the day when we get to find out how few MPs have any principles or backbone left, as the Government seeks approval for its most appalling assault on civil liberties yet:
After a succession of U-turns and mixed messages, ministers have decided to stick to their original plan to give the police unprecedented powers [...]
I’ve just been reading David Mery’s account of his arrest on the tube. Not only was he arrested and placed in a cell, but some of his personal possessions were confiscated, his flat was searched, computer equipment and data were removed, and his fingerprints and DNA were taken (to be stored indefinitely). His crime? Carrying [...]
Over on Bloggerheads they’ve been doing their bit to make Legoland’s Westminster display more realistic. Of course for total authenticity they ought to have some little plastic cops dragging him away for protesting peacefully.
When the server suffered a disc failure at the weekend it wiped out all the posts I’d made following the bombings in London. Rather than try to recreate what I’d written, I’ll just add the two main links I’d mentioned:
The London News Review published A Letter To The Terrorists, From London which summed up a [...]
RIP habeas corpus. RIP the presumption of innocence.
You might however consider whether you should not unfold as a background the great privilege of habeas corpus and trial by jury, which are the supreme protection invented by the English people for ordinary individuals against the state. The power of the Executive to cast a man into [...]
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