Stasi Britain?

[Cort Haus]

On Monday new regulations came into force, after a personal decree by the Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, that give nearly 800 public bodies the right to access your telephone records - mobile phone and landline - and make it compulsory for all phone companies to keep those records. So the data of your calls and text messages may be accessed by any damned busybody in any agency stretching from the Scottish Ambulance Service Board, the Food Standards Agency, the Environment Agency to every local council in the country. Naturally, the intelligence services and police are provided with the usual easy pass
into your private life.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2185525,00.html

Before some of the more predictably trollistic USAian (and perhaps Canadian) posters swagger through here blaming the British people for continually electing this gang of authoritarians, perhaps the extensive Neu Labour fanboy association here might like to defend the power-crazed, liberty-hating impulses of their glorious leaders.

[Dauphin]

I have no friends to phone or text, so I am alright.

They may find a lot of pizza, Indian and Chinese takeaway calls though.

[Dauphin]

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[VetLegion]

Originally posted by Dauphin
I have no friends to phone or text, so I am alright.

They may find a lot of pizza, Indian and Chinese takeaway calls though.

Typical terrorist behaviour. No friends -> could be a terrorist sleeper. Takeaway food -> doesn't want to be seen in public, must be plotting something.

You are going to trigger red flags, no doubt about it.

[C0ckney]

...perhaps the extensive Neu Labour fanboy association here might like to defend the power-crazed, liberty-hating impulses of their glorious leaders.

i wouldn't hold your breath.

it's yet another example of the way this country is going, but no one bats an eyelid.

[*End Is Forever*]

Another good reason to vote Conservative...

[Sandman]

So the Tories are definitely going to axe the ID cards? No ifs, no buts, no 'reviews'?

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by Dauphin
I have no friends to phone or text, so I am alright.

They may find a lot of pizza, Indian and Chinese takeaway calls though.

I see. But no fish and chips? No steak and kidney pie? Why do you hate Great Britain so much?

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Sandman
So the Tories are definitely going to axe the ID cards? No ifs, no buts, no 'reviews'?

TBH I wouldn't expect much better from the Tories. It would be nice though, if there was one party with a clear and genuine set of principles devoted to upholding, or restoring, our liberties.

[Sandman]

What's wrong with the Lib Dems? Well, quite a bit, but on this particular issue they're probably the best bet.

[Riesstiu IV]

Stasi

[notyoueither]

Why do you Brits continually elect these gangs of authoritarians?

[Agathon]

Originally posted by notyoueither
Why do you Brits continually elect these gangs of authoritarians?

You voted for Harper, didn't you?

[Agathon]

Originally posted by *End Is Forever*
Another good reason to vote Conservative...

If anyone votes Conservative, you can be pretty sure that reason is not involved in any way.

That said, the Labour Party is pathetic as well. The UK really needs to change its antiquated electoral system. A two party system simply doesn't reflect the diversity of views in a modern state.

[Sirotnikov]

give nearly 800 public bodies the right to access your telephone records

this is pathetic.

the police and intelligence should have easy access to such data. but no one else.

if any agency has a problem, they can ask the police to start an investigation.

this is seriously screwed up.