THE LAST DITCH

Link: Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Reid on the attack in missing terror suspects row.

How long are we going to allow John Reid and his like to get away with such political scams? THEY introduced control orders; a form of house arrest. Having taken these shocking powers they have used them incompetently. No surprise there.

We should be glad that this Government is as incompetent as it is illiberal. If your Government has oppressive powers, your only hope is that it is poor at using them. However, surely only New Labour would dare use its incompetence as a reason to demand even more power?

One response to “Reid on the attack in missing terror suspects row”

  1. james higham Avatar

    These people are assuming awesome powers of detention and interrogation and the ID mess leaves me apoplectic. The agenda is truly evil and any citizen who feels that this doesn’t apply to them is sadly naive. These powers will be turned full force on the British people when the time is ripe. Terry Gilliam’s Brazil is as fresh today as it was when it was released.

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Tom is a retired international lawyer. He was a partner in a City of London law firm and spent almost twenty years abroad serving clients from all over the world.

Returning to London on retirement in 2011, he was dismayed to discover how much liberty had been lost in the UK while he was away.

He’s a classical liberal (libertarian, if you must) who, like his illustrious namesake, considers that

“…government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.”

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