So now we know. He knew but didn’t check.
The speaker did know in advance of the raid on Damian Green’s office, and in what must be the most pathetic and weakest of excuses possible he says he wasn’t told that the police did not have a search warrant. (I’ll leave aside the very debateable [...]
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Michael Martin and the Damian Green affair – or ‘not me guv’.
Posted in Civil liberties, Police, Politics on December 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The silence of Gordon Brown explained.
Posted in Police, Politics, tagged damian green, Gordon Brown, leak on November 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Why has Brown been silent over the Damian Green arrest affair?
Look no further than the following.
Damian Green – DNA sample
Posted in Civil liberties, Police, Politics on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Amongst the furore of the Damian Green arrest, and all the other implications that flow from that, is the largely unremarked element of the collection of DNA ‘evidence’.
I, like many others these last few years, have been extremely concerned about the routine collection, and retainment of DNA evidence. It seems to be the case that [...]
The Damian Green arrest – an open letter to my MP
Posted in Civil liberties, National Security, Police, Politics, tagged arrest, damian green, George Martin, Jacqui Smith, terrorism on November 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Dear Helen,
Re the Damian Green affair.
I have on previous occasions reminded you that after the primary duty of representing your constituents, your secondary duty is to hold the government to account. I have so far not detected this in your dealings with Ministers. I trust that even you can see the seriousness of this affair [...]
Damian Green – why the arrest?
Posted in Civil liberties, Police, Political correctness, tagged arrest, budget, damian green, immigration on November 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So Damian Green the Conservative Immigration spokesman has been arrested in connection with a series of leaks about immigration statistics from the Home Office. Well if that’s to be the case I sincerely hope that as much attention will be paid to those in government, who in recent days were clearly leaking details of Alistair [...]
Police national computer – failure of number plate recognition technology.
Posted in Civil liberties, Police, tagged BBC, database, insurance, Liverpool, PNC, Police, surveillance, technology on November 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve just watched a programme on BBC television, which neatly points out all that is wrong with the surveillance society, and the reliance placed on technology by the authorities, to the detriment of the innocent citizen.
The Liverpool police were having a crack down on uninsured cars one day, and deployed 40 + police vehicles with [...]
Embryo police state?
Posted in Civil liberties, Police, tagged , police state on October 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
If ever a video shows you what is wrong with New Labour’s Britain these days, this is it. I still can’t believe what I’m watching is true.
The film needs little further explanation. It is a small but telling example of the gradual breakdown in trust between a once highly regarded police [...]
Police: guns and uniforms.
Posted in Life, Police, Politics, tagged , police state on September 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In London last weekend for a short break, (Proms in the Park concert), I was surprised to see the occasional policemen carrying what were clearly machine guns. The police did not appear to be in any particularly sensitive area, e.g. outside the House of Commons, or along Whitehall or other government buildings. I’ve also observed [...]
