Polly Toynbee is really starting to depress me. The fact that a member of the aristocracy actually gets paid to write, week after week, about the need for the government to intervene on absolutely everything, is quite remarkable. She is beginning to eclipse any attempts at parody. Today, she writes a heartfelt paean to the… Continue reading Have a pop at Polly
Tag: civil-liberties
Spy in the sky
Jonathan Calder suggests that Brass Eye inspired the government’s latest idea for flying robot drones being used to spy on anti-social behaviour. Of course, given the name of this blog, I should point out that Spy-in-the-sky cameras have been a staple part of crime fighting in the Judge Dredd comic for years now. I used… Continue reading Spy in the sky
Just because you’re paranoid…
Oh dear, the police are getting bored. They’ve started enforcing arbitrary rules on the myriad leafleters delivering outside of the Labour Conference secure zone, forcing them to stand behind invisible lines that, remarkably didn’t exist yesterday. Of more concern, I’ve just watched half a dozen police officers spend half an hour filming an anti-vivisectionist handing… Continue reading Just because you’re paranoid…