Not another one
As if determined to see David Cameron give him a sound stomping at the next election, Gordon Brown has dashed the hopes of those who hoped that he might be somewhat less anti-democratic. The news is that 90-day internment, identity cards (they really helped Madrid fight terrorism, didn’t they?) et al are all fine with him – even though the former is potentially a breach of international law:
In the determination of his civil rights and obligations or of any criminal charge against him, everyone is entitled to a fair and public hearing within a reasonable time
(art. 6(1) European Convention on Human Rights)
while the latter will cost at least £18 billion, violate human rights and do absolutely nothing to achieve its stated aims. Oh and remember that Labour’s majority is down by 4 before the votes even start – they’ve lost a seat to the Lib Dems (that’s -2) and poodle is currently stuck in South Africa (remember what happened last week!).
EDIT: they won the vote. But (especially for people whose passports run out after 2010) it’s not all over – before ID cards become fully compulsory we will have a General Election, at which point everyone who opposes Blair and Brown’s anti-human rights policies can vote Conservative and get it all abolished.
February 15th, 2006 at 3:38 pm
So as you do not get caught up in this, renew your passport before the cut off date, and you will not need to get an id card.
Then vote Conservative in the next election. You know it makes sense.
PS. David, can you send me a mail, I wanted to ask you a question and I cannot see a mail address anywhere on the site.