A Russian looks at Britain
Peter Hitchens quotes a handy summary of the current state of Britain by an unnamed Russian reporter.
Under its corrupt government, which is widely believed to sell seats in the upper house of parliament in return for contributions to ruling party funds, the once-free nation of Britain is rapidly turning into a police state. Pre-trial detention, once limited to 72 hours, is being repeatedly extended to far longer periods. Old rules about the accused being innocent until proved guilty are being cast aside. The right to silence has been abolished and so has the law which prevented anyone being tried twice for the same offence. The police increasingly take action against individuals for expressing opinions which defy 'political correctness', the official orthodoxy of the British state. The major churches claim that new laws discriminate against their freedom of conscience. The streets are under perpetual surveillance by closed-circuit TV cameras
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posted by Mr. Spog | 9:02 p.m.
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In a recent editorial in the UK newspaper The Independent, it was claimed that the UK has 25% of the world's CCTV cameras!!
There was film from such a camera used in a trial there of the July bombers,showing the bus passengers as they realised they were to be turned into pink mist.
It's a depressing picture. Though I guess by "pre-trial detention" he must mean "detention without being charged"? (For example.)
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