Tag: identity-cards

Nine wishes for 2009 #3: The State’s assault on Civil Liberties to begin to reverse

2008 was the year in which the gaff was well and truly blown on the government’s relentless drive to have every one of us “pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed and numbered.” Starting with the data leaks scandals at the end of 2007, we had a steady trickle of revelations about how the Regulation of… Continue reading Nine wishes for 2009 #3: The State’s assault on Civil Liberties to begin to reverse

A case of overclegging the pudding

Bold words from Young Master Clegg in his campaign email today: On our core liberal issues, I believe we must be bold. We must take our ideas, and turn them into action. This week I took the first step: we have always opposed identity cards but I became the first national politician to pledge to… Continue reading A case of overclegging the pudding