James Slack writes in the Daily Mail:
Town hall bureaucrats will today be given access to a hugely controversial database containing the personal details of every child in England.
The ContactPoint computer contains the name, address, date of birth, GP and school of all under-18s.
The £224million project has been hit by a string of delays amid concerns [...]
Henry Porter writes on the Guardian Comment is Free web site:
On my desk are five crisp £20 notes, which I will award to the person who provides the best argument in favour of the database state and the attack on Britain’s tradition of liberty and rights.
Of course many will see the point. No one – [...]
Nigel Morris and Ben Russell write in the Independent about David Cameron’s shadow cabinet reshuffle:
The Tory leader’s wider-than-expected reshuffle also saw a major promotion for Chris Grayling, who has been switched from shadow Work and Pensions Secretary to shadow Home Secretary.
He replaces Dominic Grieve, who has struggled to deliver telling blows on the Government in [...]
Simon Carr, writing in The Independent, contemplates the arguments against the Database State:
Never mind what it does to us, what does this surveillance and remote monitoring do to our political class? I bet it has a negative effect on their energy and humanity. According to the state, Arthur Koestler said, the definition of an individual [...]
PA reports:
The Government has begun its hunt for an independent commissioner to oversee the national identity card scheme.
Advertising the post in the Sunday Times, the Home Office said the National Identity Scheme Commissioner will champion the interests of the public.
Opponents of the controversial £4.7 billion scheme say the cards will be an infringement of [...]
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