In Response to Blunkett
Charles Kennedy has responded to Blunkett’s authoritarian knee-jerk nonsense with this. He accuses the Home Secretary of populist rhetoric – a fair comment. A polite […]
Civil Liberties
Big Blunkett’s Anti Terror Laws (Reprise)
Big Blunkett has grand plans for more anti terror laws in the event of a New Labour election victory next year. Well, given the state […]
Big Blunkett on Loyalty Cards
This makes me want to laugh or weep in equal measures…. Big Blunkett is telling us that the private sector loyalty cards (that I despise […]
Too Many Laws, Too Little Liberty?
Philip Johnson comments today on among other things, IDs for horses. His list of prohibitions makes depressing reading. He points out that: "…the basis of […]
Smoking Bans
Smoking could be banned in cafés, restaurants and pubs in England within a few years if the government gets its way. And, it probably will […]
Big Blunkett’s Lies Again
According to Big Blunkett, Al-Qaeda is on our doorsteps. Only yesterday this knee-jerk authoritarian was telling us that we should be concentrating on hope leading […]
Big Blunkett and the Climate of Fear
According to the BBC today, Big Blunkett wants to concentrate on hope during the upcoming election, not fear. ID cards and locking people up without […]
Big Blunkett Eat Yer Heart Out
According to Business Week the US authorities are moving closer to having RFID equipped passports that can be read remotely. Privacy advocates are appalled. As […]
On Line Petition
The guys over at No2ID have started an online petition. Now while they and I have no illusions about the effectiveness of petitions in that […]
ID Card Costs To Rise Further
Over at the UK ID Cards Blog the ever increasing cost of a UK ID card is mentioned again. Big Blunkett plans to use stealth […]