Wikipedia - UK - Police State?

[sushimo]

The neutrality of this article is disputed


The United Kingdom is felt by some to be moving quickly in the direction of a police state,[7] with biometric identity cards,[8][9] continuous surveillance and long term detainment without trial all having been introduced by the government. The UK has been described as "the most surveilled country".[10] Peaceful protests within a half-mile radius of the Houses of Parliament are illegal in the UK unless authorised by the Metropolitan Police.[11] Claims of police state behaviour have been dismissed by the UK government.[12]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_state#Examples_of_police_state-like_attributes


Interesting, what say you lot then?

[yord]

who gives a feck, I'd see myself in jail before abiding by their nonsense first

[sushimo]

Yea, me too Yord - but I do wonder what the next stage is going to be.

[yord]

the next stage is forced labour in employment of their chosing

[yord]

" No No we need educated people in the UK !!!! more schooling , everyone with degrees "

What utter bollixs . Anyone edcutated with any sense will feck off out of the uk and eduction has no place in a society where job oppurtunities amount to working for the local sandwich bar.

[radge]

Its happening but unfortunately i think its gonna get alot worse and the revolution will not be in my life time Im gutted im gonna miss it.

[radge]

or too old to enjoy it.

[gangster]

It is backed up by the House of Lords.

Electronic surveillance and collection of personal data are "pervasive" in British society and threaten to undermine democracy, peers have warned.

CCTV cameras and the DNA database were two examples of threats to privacy, the Lords constitution committee said.

It called for compensation for people subject to illegal surveillance.

In its report, the Lords constitution committee said growth in surveillance by both the state and the private sector risked threatening people's right to privacy, which it said was "an essential pre-requisite to the exercise of individual freedom".

People were often unaware of the scale of personal information held and exchanged by public bodies, it said.

"There can be no justification for this gradual but incessant creep towards every detail about us being recorded and pored over by the state," committee chairman and Tory peer Lord Goodlad said.

Human rights campaigners Liberty welcomed the report.

Director Shami Chakrabarti said: "Liberty's postbag suggests that the House of Lords is more in touch with public concerns that our elected government.

"Over the past seven years we've been told 'nothing to hide, nothing to fear' but a stream of data bungles and abuses of power suggest that even the innocent have a lot to fear."

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7872425.stm

[justmyopinion]

If so, how come there are such high levels of crime? Redefine and implement a police state based on preventing and detecting crime and that would be a positive move.