Archive for August 21st, 2007

Nick Clegg launches attack on “surveillance society”

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

See today’s Independent for news of Nick Clegg’s plans to take on Gordon Brown on the growing surveillance society.

Of course, Dave’s Conservatives have abandoned the defence of civil liberties and personal privacy and decided to abolish the Data Protection Act (or rewrite, or reform, or, oh we’re not sure).

Fortunately the Liberal Democrats aren’t so fickle, so there’ll be a motion debated at this year’s conference on curtailing the excesses of this growing surveillance society.

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Asylum seeker deportations drop again

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

Is the Home Office really only capable of doing one thing at a time?

Asylum seeker deportations have dropped again this quarter, the Telegraph reports. And the government’s explanation according to the Press Association?

A Home Office spokesman said the fall in the asylum removals was because officials were concentrating on deporting foreign criminals rather than would-be refugees.

Clearly multi-tasking is just a step too far.

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