Spooks ask for more money and power

In a shock statement the head of MI5 would like more money, or at least not to have to make cuts, and if they could please continue to lock up anyone they thing is a wrong ‘un then that would be just dandy. In the meantime they’ll continue to work very hard blocking all sorts of threats they can’t tell us about, and the increasing number of attacks they expect to see from the bog trotters, Somali’s and other third world nations. Full article here and remember just because someone isn’t breaking criminal law it’s no reason not to lock … Continue reading

Viewscreens are coming

This post is going to link to quite a few old articles as every time I’m about to write it something new adds to the pile of stuff that needs to be included. So it’s time I accepted the pace of things happening is just too fast and I should try to tie a few bits together knowing it’s all going to be out of date before I hit publish. The Government has a love hate relationship with the Internet, it loves the amount of data and control it could give over us but hates the fact that it allows … Continue reading

Not a terrorist? – doesn’t matter

Via Old Holborn on Facebook and already picked up on by LegIron and Obnoxio it seems that the plastic plod still haven’t got the message about not harassing photographers. Taking photographs of Christmas festivities in that well known security hotspot of Accrington is “Suspicious” behaviour and if you don’t “volunteer” your details when stopped under Section 44 they’ll just get you arrested for anti-social behaviour instead. Given how many public statements there have been concerning both the police and the plastics abusing their powers in this way, and despite the repeated reminders that “no laws prevent people from photographing buildings” … Continue reading