Henry Porter in the Observer on why the re-election of Tony Blair will further erode our basic freedoms. The more serious omission by the Tories – but not the Lib Dems – has been a failure to oppose vociferously legislation that limits trial by jury, increases police wire-tapping powers, alters rules on arrest and detention, [...]
Files released to the National Archives under the 30-year rule show that identity cards were dismissed by Harold Wilson’s Labour government as expensive and ineffective, report the BBC. Home Secretary Roy Jenkins also feared that the cards would infringe civil liberties, and refused to consider them – even at a time when we were facing [...]
Identity cards were dismissed by Harold Wilson’s Labour government as expensive and ineffective, records have revealed. BBC
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