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May's snooping powers are 'illiberal and intrusive'

May's snooping powers are 'illiberal and intrusive'

by Nick Pickles / 14 Jun 2012 11:08

Before the general election, the prime minister had this to say about Labour’s surveillance excesses:

“If we want to stop the state controlling us, we must confront this surveillance state.”

He was absolutely right.

Sadly, the home secretary has today jumped to brand opponents of her scheme "conspiracy theorists". Rather than respond to what is, frankly, a cheap insult, I’d rather discuss the actual policy being proposed, something the Home Office

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