Category Archives: Civil Liberties

TSA roundup

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Whilst the TSA “Scan or be groped” problem is currently restricted to the US, I’ve stumbled across enough articles discussing the matter of late that it seemed worth having a bit of a round up. If only because I know enough people that fly out there regularly and just as likely either the US will demand we have similar procedures (there being no point in having such procedures if people can avoid them simply by flying into the country) or we’ll copy them anyway. Over at Samizdata there’s a decent bit of discussion on if the searches are reasonable and … Continue reading →

Compare and contrast

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Another post of just links to other people I’m afraid. First up a post over at Harr’s place discussing why we’re doing so badly at dealing with Islamic extremism, and then over at the Grumpy old Twat American TV showing us where our current policy is getting us. Enjoy. +30

Public spaces in London

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A while back I linked to the Evening Standard report on the new and improved ring of steel and the topic also game up both on the last little walk I went on and in comments about it. so it’s interesting to note that the London Assembly Planning and Housing Committee are “reportedly” going to be talking about private management of public spaces. I saw “reportedly” because although the press release mentions that the “private management of public space can mean Londoners are excluded from parts of the capital or subject to arbitrary rules around activities like filming” , there’s … Continue reading →