Via Guthrum on
Old Holborn we find a succinct summary of the Conservative Party criminal justice policies with this little gem.
Allow Police to use surveillance powers in routine cases without need for authorisation
Well I just had to check it out. You can find the Tory's new policy here on their
website. View the policy document or download it as an Acrobat file and you'll see find this little gem in section 2.5.
And we will reform the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, which regulates police surveillance, so that authorisation is not needed in routine cases.
This beggars belief! Who decides what is a routine case? The police themselves?
The Tories are as intent on creating a police state as the current bunch of incompetents.
Dave should get his agency to redesign the poster - the suggestion below seems to fit the policy:
I'm reminded of Benjamin Franklin's words:
Those who would give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Remember this when you stand in the polling booth and are tempted to tick the box next to the Conservative Party candidate. How much liberty and freedom are you prepared to sacrifice and to whom?