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Terror? OK, I'm terrified.

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    Terror? OK, I'm terrified.

    I watched a bit of TV last night. I wished I hadn't.

    1. News item on the new film about pirate radio. On came fluffy old Uncle Tony Benn, to say that he was so please that. as Postmaster-General, he had suppressed the pirates, because it made the BBC so much better.

    Bollocks! He couldn't stand media that weren't under his control. He, and his son, and his like, are still in command. More and more, it seems.

    2. C4 documentary about a man who was turned into a non-person in what can only be described as a Kafkaesque way by HM Treasury. Because of unspecified reasons to believe that he was "or may be" involved in helping or financing terrorism, all his funds were frozen, he was unable to get a bank account, he required ministerial permission to spend more than £20 a week - even on a new pair of trainers! - and no-one else could give him any money without Treasury permission. The Treasury would not tell him anything about why they suspected this; there was no mechanism for questioning it; and when eventually (months later) they withdrew the status, it was with just a short letter. No more explanation is forthcoming, far less an apology or redress for ruining his life.

    3. C4 survey on how patients are treated in NHS hospitals. Suffice it to say that Stafford was just one entry in the programme.


    No. 2 alone has perhaps decided me to vote Tory in the next election, something which I genuinely believed that I would never do. Linking it with No. 1, I can see that it is not out of character for Labour, just not able to be implemented until the scares of recent years. I had already come to the conclusion that that last Labour Home Secretary that I didn't despise and fear was Roy Jenkins, now it is getting worse at an accelerating pace

    Be afraid of this: you may think now that it will not happen to you, but recent history shows less and less time between the introduction of a draconian measure for anti-terrorism, and its widespread application to other minor purposes.
    Last edited by expat; 24 March 2009, 11:08.

    #2
    Have you been smoking something?
    The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.

    But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”

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      #3
      It used to be that socialist and conservative politicians were well-meaning, decent people albeit at opposite ends of the spectrum. You may not have agreed with their point of view but you were likely to like them as human beings.
      Now we have a new breed of ruthless cynical back-stabbers who seem to be in it purely for the rush of power and financial security it brings. Not sure the Tories are any better.
      Hard Brexit now!
      #prayfornodeal

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        #4
        Was talking to a agent based in Germany, she was telling how unlike the media is compared to the UK -

        Of all that was said it's clear the UK media is self perpetuating, once it starts doom mongering it can't stop until total oblivion.

        If the government got too heavy I think the people, well the people in the Glasgae at least, would set about them...
        "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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          #5
          Jacqui smith is the truely terrifying one. Her and Brown seem to be ushering in a new era of McCarthyism:

          http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7960466.stm


          Writing in the Observer newspaper on Sunday, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the government's strategy was not just about training and equipping professionals, but also better informing the public so everyone would become more vigilant.
          "Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. "


          Thomas Jefferson

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            #6
            "come the revolution, all politicians regardless of badge will be first against the wall"

            bring on the revolution!

            Or should I have said that...

            Who's that knocking down the door...

            Aaaaaarrrrggghhhh!
            'elf and safety guru

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              #7
              Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
              If the government got too heavy I think the people, well the people in the Glasgae at least, would set about them...
              set aboot yeeees..


              Anyway, Jacqui Smith truly is Stalin's child in a skirt. I hope she does not have children, she probably reads them Andy McNab books before they go to bed.

              I think someone just kicked my door in..

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                #8
                Originally posted by minestrone View Post
                Anyway, Jacqui Smith truly is Stalin's child in a skirt. I hope she does not have children, she probably reads them Andy McNab books before they go to bed.
                <spits coffee on keyboard>
                "Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. "


                Thomas Jefferson

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                  #9
                  Jacqui is now banging on about dirty bombs..

                  There is an increased risk terrorists could get hold of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons to attack the UK, the Home Office has said.

                  The assessment comes as Home Secretary Jacqui Smith unveiled a new UK strategy to tackle an evolved terrorist threat.

                  It warns failed states such as Iraq have made it easier to obtain materials for weapons such as dirty bombs.

                  Ms Smith said the threat is "severe" - meaning an attack is "highly likely" and "could happen without warning".
                  linky winky

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by minestrone View Post
                    Jacqui is now banging on about dirty bombs..



                    linky winky
                    is this from 2003?
                    "Condoms should come with a free pack of earplugs."

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