"Those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history" - B Obama.

"Those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history". B Obama.






Let me make myself clear, I do not support this Dutch MP, nor have I watched his film and probably never will.

What I am about is the stiffing of dissent in all it's forms.

I have had to deal with a lot of unpleasant people in my life, with a lot of unpleasant ideas and opinions. No doubt a lot of these people felt the same about me.

I was raised to believe in the principle that, though I may disagree with what you say or believe and I may even challenge you on those issues, I will defend your right to say it or believe it.

This action by the Home Secretary does nothing for debate, freedom of speech or democracy and revels more about NuLabour attitude towards these principles, the disdain they have for the critical thinking abilities of the people of the UK and gives the impression that they are cowards but are still willing and able to use 'gunboat' politics to achieve their aims.

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Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon could be tried in Britain - Telegraph

At last! some hope for this man.

See also here, here, and here.

Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon could be tried in Britain - Telegraph

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Home Office to review UK's surveillance powers

Home Office to review UK's surveillance powers | OUT-LAW.COM

Picked up this article via one of Twitter's most useful of service's Monitter.

(From Out-Law's article)

The UK is not a surveillance society as some have claimed, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has said. Smith conceded, though, that surveillance powers needed to be reviewed to cut back on excessive use.

The Information Commissioner and others have claimed that the unusually intensive use of closed circuit television cameras in the UK and the creation of children's, DNA and health databases have turned the UK into a surveillance society.

Speaking this week to a trade association, Smith rejected the charge.

"Are we really a nation under CCTV? Do we, today, live in what critics call a surveillance society?" she said. "I don’t believe so, not for one moment."

Seems to me that ZaNuLabour Government are doing a bit of trick-cycling here by appearing to be conciliatory to the legitimate concerns regarding pervasive use of surveillance equipment and 'back-peddling' whilst ensuring that the the entire circus show, complete with clown's, goes on.

Monitter is so useful that I have created a permanent link to on my Netvibes Universe so it is both handy for myself and for my Universe's Alien Lifeforms.

Technorati Tags: surveillance society,Jacqui Smith,Information Commissioner,ID Cards

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Britain faces Zimbabwe immigration influx claims UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith

Bit of a bus mans holiday for them then!


Home Secretary Jacqui Smith claims Britain faces Zimbabwe immigration influx - Telegraph

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Most Britons think UK is turning into police state - politics.co.uk

Most Britons think UK is turning into police state

Politics.Co.UK

Friday, 12, Dec 2008 12:02

Britain is turning into a police state, according to politics.co.uk users in a new poll.


The results come as concerns raised by the arrest of Damian Green refuse to die down.

Sixty-five per cent of users said they believed Britain was turning into a police state, echoing accusations of 'Mugabe-style' tactics levelled against the government by the Conservatives.

Ebony and Ivory


(Nod to Guido)

Only 24 per cent of users disagreed with the statement.

There was strong support for Mr Green, with 83 per cent of users saying he did not deserve to be arrested.

The government came in for criticism over the affair, indicating Labour's response to the controversy has failed to satisfy the public.

The committee set up to assess the causes and impact of the arrest was lambasted by opposition parties for having a limited remit and only being able to convene after the police investigation is over.

The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats are both boycotting the committee.

Seventy-eight per cent of politics.co.uk users said they believed government figures were aware of the police action before it occurred.

Gordon Brown and Jacqui Smith, home secretary, have explicitly said they were unaware of the arrest. Yesterday Sir Gus O'Donnel, head of the civil service, assured MPs on the public administration committee he was taken by surprise by the arrest.

He also confirmed the home secretary was not made aware of the arrest before it occurred.

But asked what should happen next, 51 per cent said the government had to prove it did not know of the arrest.

Twenty-three per cent of users said the system whereby police enter parliament had to be reformed. Nine per cent of users said heads should roll in the Metropolitan police.

Some users did disagree with the shadow immigration minister's actions though. Eleven per cent called for a clampdown on people leaking government information, while nine per cent wanted Mr Green to apologise for leaking information.

Labour shrills no doubt!

There are several investigations into the arrest currently ongoing.

The police are investigating themselves through an internal inquiry set for publication next week.

LOL! ROFLMAO!

We all know what the outcome of that will be now don't we!

Two committees of MPs – the home affairs committee and the public administration committee – are looking in to the arrest.

It is not yet clear how the committee set up by speaker Michael Martin will conduct its affairs now it is being boycotted by everyone but Labour.

Most Britons think UK is turning into police state - politics.co.uk

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Twenty UK MPs want Hacker Gary McKinnon to serve his sentence in UK

BBC NEWS | Technology | MPs want UK jail time for hacker

(Taken from the BBC article)

Mr McKinnon is currently awaiting a decision by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith as to when the extradition process will begin.

In the interim, 20 UK MPs have signed an Early Day Motion which calls for any sentence imposed by a US court to be served in a British jail.

At last, some MP's with something resembling a spine!

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GB ID "bunkum" GCHQ - Telegraph - Stop - help state bodies share information about people - Stop

Well it would seem that NULabour (Old danger, remember that Tory campaign?) has lost the backing of most of the security services over this issue.

(From the article)

Mr Mattinson is not the first figure from Britain's intelligence community to reject Government claims for ID cards. Dame Stella Rimington, the former head of MI5 has also questioned their value in fighting terrorism.

Despite recent speculation that he will drop the scheme, Mr Brown has insisted he will press ahead with ID cards.

Of course he will, after all he has friends set to capitalise on the venture and they might not be best pleased if it doesn't come about.

No, it wasn't so much NULabour Old danger as NULabour New Danger.

See also here, here, here, here, here and here, for a start.

Gordon Brown's terror claims for ID cards are "bunkum" says GCHQ expert - Telegraph

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