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Sneaky sneaky very sneaky

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The Evening standard article about the secret ring of steel rather shocked me, though sadly didn’t surprise me as much as it once would have. Very quietly rounds around the city have been being blocked, changed from public highways to private property with private security and controls on what people on those streets can and can’t do. Two thirds of the roads into the city have been closed leaving just 19 ways to drive in all of which are monitored by CCTV camera’s recording car number plates and the occupants. Whilst the city has always been different and a bit … Continue reading →

Why we still need to go walking

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Having just recently plugged a rather nice afternoon stroll, today brings reminders as to why such strolling is still needed as a minimum. The new bosses really are the same as the old bosses (but then they probably always were going to be, especially if you subscribe to the view that they’re just following orders from Brussels/hidden powers). The pub element of the walk could certainly become trickier Via Big Brother watch a review of how the coalition and civil liberties, which doesn’t make happy reading. Nor in some ways does the dropping of charges against the love police as, … Continue reading →

Police kite flying?

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According to an article in the Guardian the police would quite like to less accountability if it’s all the same thanks – or as my friend on face book put it “Bastards, bastards, bastards, bastards…” (well you get the idea). It would seem that The Met commissioner has been privately lobbying the home secretary to make it harder for people to sue the police in civil actions for technical breaches (now where have we heard that before?). They’d also like to be able to charge a fee for freedom of information requests, as they take time and are a nuisance … Continue reading →