Britain installs harsh policing powers

[Cyclefrance]

Funny you should say that Wolf, the topic came up on The News Quiz, a radio comedy panel show last week, and one panellist commented that if the police wanted to know anything about anyone in her street they only had to ask her neighbour 3 houses away.

I suspect that this new legislation will go much the way of the rest - it will fall at the first hurdle - that being the Human Rights Act. Those who really have something to hide will claim immunity under the Act and then spend taxpayers money acquiring legal aid defence representation. The judges have to date teneded to rule in favour of the Act. Sometimes I wonder if this is as much to highlight its aburdity. Those who have nothing to hide will not be bothered one way or the other about being stopped.

MY feeling is that it's just our Tone desperately trying to find another legacy to counter the one that every one associates with him, namely Iraq.

And, yes, we do have CCTV everywhere - not so much in rural areas, although it's creeping even in that direction, but in every place that warrants the name of 'town'. Londoners can expect to be captured on camera at elast 300 times a day - according to the experts (and that was 3 years ago!)