That's
the frightening thing. I too have heard "it's all bollox mate" in an attempt to placate me or they just nod while crying into their pint about it.

The thing about change of government is (and you are quite right, it will make no difference) that it was the Tories that started it before this shower of stazi's got in with the Criminal Justice bill - try walking to a rave if a copper sees you. Yep, they can arrest you for walking to a rave if they suspect that's where you are headed (restricted freedom of movement). Then of course, as the rave has 'music with a repetitive beat' (doesn't Mozart?) then they can shut it down there and then.

Thank you Mr. Howard. I think this lot saw what we would put up with and accellerated the process.

Run schools down, yet make the exams easier year on year so it looks (on paper at least) like they are working. Educated people are the people they can do without - look at Pol Pot, if you wore glasses it was deemed that you were intelligent and therefore a threat so you were excecuted. Hundreds of years ago? No, just last century. Think it won't happen here - look what they do to 'hackers' - extradited in the face of extradition laws after being held without charge for God knows how long. Just because they are more subtle doesn't make them better, in fact it makes them all the more frightening.

Public houses and clubs are slowly being destroyed - you don't want gatherings of people talking, now that would be a bad thing. Best to shut down anywhere that people might congregate. Social clubs and sporting clubs were the first on the list.

Making local councils a second police force - great, we pay to be spied on. Bins will (and have) had covert cameras in them to see what people throw away, without their knowledge.

Incredible. Hitler would be laughing with glee.

People are also under the mistaken idea that the NHS is there for us - it's paid for by us, sure, but try getting fixed up if you no longer work (retired) - you no longer pay into the pool, you only take out a fraction of what you put in, so it's best that you are not fixed, in favour of someone who can continue to pay back in. Nice. It's for this reason that they don't want Private health care for all - only those that have the money, and they are the people they want. The rest of us will be 'topped up' just enough to keep us working.

/rant.
(dchurch bah, Thu 21 Aug 2008, 13:12, Reply)