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CommentIsLinked@LDV: Nick Clegg – Governments that can’t be scrutinised will always turn oppressive

By | Tue 9th June 2009 - 11:10 am

Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg’s speech to celebrate the 75th anniversay of Liberty is excerpted over at the Independent. Here’s his sombre conclusion:

for all the complaining Liberal Democrats and other liberty campaigners do about the misuse of power by government, the truth is, nowhere near all of the powers available to police and government are used – yet. Legal instruments with devastating potential are ready and waiting, all of which have been passed by a supine Parliament that misguidedly assumes government will always be benign. These powers are like the silent machines in a darkened factory, waiting for the foreman to come in and turn on the lights.

You can read the excerpt in full HERE, but I haven’t yet found an online version of the full speech.

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