Or whatever they're calling it.
Just reading about the (soon to be) proposed changes to law that would allow police officers to stop and question any person they have a 'reasonable suspicion' may know something about a crime.
If the person refuses to answer they would be fined up to £5k and possibly charged with obstructing a police enquiry.
So much for the 'right to remain silent' that I hear them go on about on The Bill...
But what I find more disturbing and worrying is the attempt to demonize civil liberties, in particular this quote from Mr Blair (quote at bottome of article):
Writing in the Sunday Times, Tony Blair said the disappearance of the three suspects under control orders was a symptom of a society which put civil liberties before fighting terror, and that was "misguided and wrong".
So civil liberties are misguided and wrong? What about human rights? I'm confused. And as TB admits that society puts civil liberties before terrorism laws, what right has he (or Gordon) got to impose laws that are directly at odds with the wishes of society?
But more to the point I'm very worried about the way this country is going with it's 'war on terror'.
EDITED: 27 May 2007 21:30 by KOSWIX