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I wonder how history will look back at Blair's government?
Will he be seen as the PM who took us into 5 wars, including Iraq-nam? Or will he be seen as the PM who systematically dismantled all the safeguards against dictatorship & tyranny?

I've written extensively on the "information is power" ID Bill. Let's see what House Arrest really means:

At the Home Secretary's whim (ie without a warrant):
- anyone can be confined indefinitely as well as having phone and internet access cut off.
- the police can break your front door in half and search your property at any moment. And you have to pay for the door.

We apparently didn't need these laws when the IRA was bombing mainland England, so why do we need them when there has been no evidence of terrorist attacks on Britain since? Yes we need to be vigilant, but we also need to keep government accountable to the public.

These laws are being railroaded through the Commons in a gob-smacking six days. This means that not only will important details of the Bill be left unscrutinised, but that the public is more or less excluded from that process.

The justification has changed from the "terrorists" being released from Belmarsh... to the Law Lords judging that indefinite detainment without charge or trial was unjustifiable and hence unlawful -- because the Home Office has decided that they aren't even dangerous enough to be held under house arrest and will merely be kept under police surveillance.

For anyone that still thinks we live in a democracy, note that even if you did FaxYourMP, Blair's three-line whip means you're likely to get ignored.
Oh yeah, and the government has already threatened to override our last hope of democracy (the House of Lords) using the Parliament Act.

Further information here along with a list of New Labour's other Draconian laws.

Posted by Dave at 06:21 PM | Permalink

Seems the media are finally waking up to nightmare that is Blair's ID Bill. I was asked to be interviewed for the ITV West programme Sunday Roast, 12:15pm on the 27th. Not surprisingly, they were having trouble finding a Labour MP who would defend the Bill.

Posted by Dave at 01:16 AM | Permalink

After the Tories decided they'd rather lose the 'law & order' vote than appear fascist, Labour denied the Tories' right to oppose them:

"It is irresponsible for the Tories to first say they would support ID cards but then say they will not vote in support of them this week." - Home Office minister Des Browne.

But at least Des actually believes in the scheme. Charles Clarke and Gordon Brown apparently don't and it turns out that Blair was previously skeptic.

Yet our head of government is insisting Labour Whips force their massive Commons majority to vote for this bill.

Seems a lot of people forgot that regional representation is the basis of our democracy. The sole duty of MPs is to serve their constituents.

Regardless, this vote is likely to be the worst result this Labour Party have ever faced (including Iraq) and will encourage the Lords to block the bill.

Especially with your help. Please fax your MP now, before the Final vote this Thursday 10th February.

Here's why the Database State scares me to death

Any future government & several hundred civil servants will know pretty much everything there is to know about you. They will have unlimited access to your bank & credit accounts, phone & internet records, tax records, medical records etc.

Civil servants don't have the best record on sanity. So you better be extremely careful who you upset in future.

Now all it takes is for a few scary stories (true or false) to appear in the press about the government victimising campaigners and our delicate democracy is gone.

The first and only major step towards this Database State is, of course, the creation of the database itself.

Given how the government has rushed through this £5.5+ billion plan, lied about passport requirements & the extent of opposition, and failed to answer any of the criticism by their own committees... what chance would we have of stopping amendments to the database in future?

Since we have no constitution, all our rights are protected only by a disorganised set of laws. Yet we have seen a Labour-driven erosion of the powers of the Judiciary, the Monarchy and the House of Lords... combined with a massive increase in police powers.

Posted by Dave at 09:24 PM | Permalink