Tom Espiner writes on the ZDnet web site: The Liberal Democrats have taken the government to task following this week’s round of high-profile official data losses, suggesting the breaches show the government could not safely administer an ID card database. The revelation on Tuesday of the loss of a personal computer from cabinet minister Hazel [...]
George Parker and Jimmy Burns write in the Financial Times: Gordon Brown went head to head with David Davis yesterday over civil liberties, insisting the government was right to use “21st century solutions” such as closed circuit television, biometric identity cards and DNA databases to fight terrorism and organised crime. The prime minister gave a [...]
Fergus Shanahan writes in The Sun: Three pensioners are hauled off by cops at Heathrow. Were they plotting to hijack a jet? No. They were wearing “Stop Airport Expansion” T-shirts. And that was all the police needed to deem them a threat to national security. There you have exactly what David Davis means when he [...]
In amongst the thousands of articles trying to find ulterior motives for David Davis’ resignation, analysing its impact on party politics, or criticising his “indiscipline”, we’re beginning to see just one or two that also examine the issues he raised. Here’s Trevor Kavanagh writing in The Sun: Annoyingly, though, it is hard to disagree with [...]
Janet Street-Porter writes in The Independent on Sunday: Tune in to the radio (for example, FiveLive’s Friday morning phone-in, or yesterday’s Any Answers), browse the internet and eavesdrop in pubs and canteens and you get the impression that he’s really touched a nerve. People are admitting that, even though they’ve never thought of voting Tory, [...]
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