Dec 16
Via the LPUK Blog I came across this link to a conference taking place in February in London. Supported by the Guardian (Apparently not ironically), and involving a number of speakers from differing groups, the programme looks interesting.
I may well book up, although there do seem to be some rather incongruous elements, such as Ekklesia trying to push the idea that religion has been historically supportive of human rights. There’s also your typical big lump of socialists and the like. However the ORG and NO2ID will be there and there are a few other interesting discussions tabled.
Anyone else fancy it?
written by La Bete
\\ tags: Add new tag, conference, liberty
Oct 12
Cory Doctorow gives the point of view of an immigrant to the UK on the encroaching police state.
I, like many in the UK, have a number of friends who are immigrants. Hell, my great, great grandfather was a Ukrainian Jew and goodness what others have added something so my mongrel mix. Despite this, the immigrants are the easy targets. They are the ‘them’ to our ‘us’. They are incomers, newbies, auslanders and they are fair game. Surely it’s not the friendly Kiwi chap in the office or the pretty Brazilian waitress at the local greasy spoon that this will affect? After all, it’s the scary criminals, the terrorists that we are after. What reasonable person wouldn’t want them tagged and monitored?
This is why the immigrants are such a clever target for the statists and totalitarians who want to control our every action. For the likes of Jacqui Smith this is a sensible strategy, to creep up on us and steal our liberties whilst we are distracted by reality TV and financial chaos. By raising our fear Smith and her ilk will trick us into giving up freedom and democracy.
This can not be allowed to happen. Please, give your support to no2id and the Open Rights Group. Write to your MP and let him/her know your views. Do not sleepwalk into this unmaking of Britain.
written by La Bete
\\ tags: democracy, fear, ID cards, liberty, no2id, open rights group
