Emergency surveillance law to be brought in with cross-party support

Last Updated: July 10, 2014By

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  1. Nick July 10, 2014 at 5:32 pm - Reply

    Sounds like what they have in the middle eastern countries

  2. thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady July 10, 2014 at 5:36 pm - Reply

    Thanks for reblogging this Mike. I fear this legislation will go the same was as the Prum Treaty and there will be function creep (the gradual widening of the use of a technology or system beyond the purpose for which it was originally intended, esp when this leads to potential invasion of privacy)

    http://www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/home/2013/01/the-prum-treaty-a-disaster-waiting-to-happen.html

    • Mike Sivier July 10, 2014 at 6:09 pm - Reply

      Well, there’s hope even if this law is passed, because it will have to be reviewed in 2016.
      Having said that, it’s definitely Theresa May’s ‘Snooper’s Charter’ coming back onto the political agenda, unheralded, and she’ll want it kept – most particularly because she wants to stamp on our human rights.

  3. cnhay July 10, 2014 at 7:11 pm - Reply

    Looks more and more like a police state with big brother controlling every thing from there bunker in Downing Street , 1984 is upon us only we still do not realise it.

  4. jaypot2012 July 10, 2014 at 8:07 pm - Reply

    So would it mean that the review would still go ahead in 2016 even if Labour were in power?
    As for this being due to terrorism, that’s a load of bull – it’s MI5 and MI6 who have made the cock-ups – they knew about the child abuse and they knew about the terrorists.
    An awful lot of the snooping will be to do with how the tories are doing in the run up to the election, how the people are not being swallowed in by their lies anymore, which unions and people are planning strikes and marches, how the Independence is going, and many, many other things – terrorism is at the bottom of the list!
    This government make me sick!

    • Mike Sivier July 10, 2014 at 10:09 pm - Reply

      Yes it would still be reviewed because the legislation would be time-limited.
      As for the rest, I fear you may well be correct.

  5. MrChekaMan July 10, 2014 at 9:46 pm - Reply

    Of course-yes, there *are*, to an extent, real threats from terrorists and sex offenders. But if the threats really are so big we need these laws, then we should be shown the evidence of this. If there is not such evidence, then this is just an attempt to spy on ordinary people. And anyway, the threat from jihadists could have been avoided if we had not stirred them up by invading Iraq.

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