Ashdown: state surveillance plans counter coalition agreement
Posted at Thursday, April 12th, 2012 by andrewPublic Servant reports: State surveillance plans, which have been labelled as a ‘snoopers’ charter’, are disproportionate, breach principles and go against what was promised in the coalition agreement, Liberal Democrat peer Paddy Ashdown has warned. Lord Ashdown, a former Lib Dem leader, said his party recognised the need for government to intercept private communications when [...]
