Just time for a quick post about two very troubling stories that have appeared in the last day. The first is a report in the Times which reveals that Ministers are to consider plans for a database holding details of every phone call and e-mail sent in the UK.
A massive government database holding details of [...]
I was planning to have an early night tonight, but instead I find myself waiting for my next door neighbour’s living room window to be boarded up at 3am.
At about one o’clock this morning I heard some noise which I initially put down to my cat Patty playing. When I realised the noise was out [...]
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 [...]
Blunkett really is trying to turn the UK into a police state. His latest proposed changes to the law have just been announced, and include (my initial thoughts in parentheses):
Police to be permitted to arrest suspects for any offence. (Such as dropping a cigarette butt on the pavement.)
New powers to fingerprint suspects at the roadside [...]
Scumbags 1, Criminal Justice System 0
I was called for my first trial today. At 11am the Jury Manager called out 15 names, and we were led up to Court 12 on the 5th floor by an usher (there are two lifts exclusively for jurors’ use). Once inside the courtroom, we all sat down and waited [...]
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