I almost fell off my chair while reading Guido yesterday when I saw a story about the government using anti terror legislation to freeze the accounts of an Icelandic bank. My ghast was further flabbered lasty night when John Denham attempted to defend the move on Question Time by claiming that they didn't know if the bank were going to be acting illegally.
Every time the government wants to pass some piece of draconian terror legislation, invariably pissing all over our liberty, they ridicule those of us who object, claiming that we are paranoid and that it is silly to think the laws would ever be used against anyone other han terrorists.
This is yet another example added to the list of octagenarian protestors, careless rubbisher binners and eager p[arents looking for a good school for their kids, of people with no whiff of terrorist connections being oppressed with this legislation.
The government looks set to let the 42 days drop, and while that is a good start, surely we should be going further. Repeal Repeal Repeal.
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1 comment:
Missed this one.
Wasnt it the terrorism,crime and security act?
Not just a anti-terrorism act
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