Jeez, it doesn’t take long now does it. The Nu Labour authoritarians haven’t even got the Terrorism Bill through Parliament yet and they’re already talking of extending the crimes for which it can be used:
The Government will bring forward legislation in the
New Year giving police new powers to disrupt the activities of human
traffickers as well as “vicious” drug and gun gangs such as the
Jamaican “Yardies”.
Mr Blair would like to see
some of the powers now being proposed for use against terrorist
suspects being available in the fight against such criminals. This
could include greater use of phone-tapping, and suspects being held
without charge for longer than the current 48-hour maximum.
Riiiight. Abolition of our rights to be used, in extremis, against only those who threaten the very basis of our society with violence. Before the thing is even passed he wants to use it on pimps. (Note that it will be pimps who are treated this way….for they won’t be sex-traffickers until it has been proved now will they?)
What next? Tax evaders? Booze cruisers?
Abolish Habeus Corpus for one charge and you’ve abolished it for all. As Mr S&M pointed out some months back, yes, there is a group of violent and desperate men who wish to steal your freedoms and liberty. They’re called the Government.
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