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Enough is enough

By Alex Foster | Mon 5th January 2009 - 9:22 am

Anyone from any political persuasion can list things this Government has done that annoy them.

Personally, I was annoyed enough to join millions of others on the march against the war in Iraq – now it’s time to hold them to account.

I’m not so sure how I will react if and when I get the orders from the Government to present myself at the interrogation centre in nearby Derby and hand over more personal information than is currently demanded from sex offenders. I’m not certain I’m ready to join Simon Hughes in jail for refusing an ID card.

I’ve never …

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Posted in News and Online politics | Also tagged civil liberties, civil rights, convention for moden liberty, database state, id cards, iraq, james graham, magna carta, magna carta did she die in vain and simon hughes | 5 Comments

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