taking our freedoms back

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The prophecy of 1994

Protesters warned that measures from the criminal justice bill would be turned against the wider population. We were right This article by Ally Fogg, writing in The Guardian 21 July 2009 Fifteen years on, there is little pleasure to be gained from saying “we told you so”. But the manner in which a law designed [...]

If you’re innocent you’ve nothing to worry about

How often have we heard that sentence, or words to that effect, used to justify the proliferation of CCTV, the proposed introduction of ID cards, and other encroachments on our freedoms and privacy? Well, basically its just not true. And its certainly not true in the case of State- or State agency-administered centralised databases. When [...]

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