The front page news on today's Mail concerns local authorities' use of 'anti-terror' legislation to spy on ratepayers' bins. Nothing new, but it's nice to see mainstream media may at last be waking up to what's been going on for a long time.
You might ask the question, why did the Daily Mail not talk about the RIP Act when it was going through parliament back in 2000? This appalling and undemocratic piece of legislation received almost no coverage in British newspapers and never (as far as I recall) got a mention on TV or radio when it was being 'discussed' in parliament.
Check Wikipedia for a precis of the legislation. Note that this went through before 9/11 and the July bombings. And before the EU imposed its own legislation on us making phone and internet surveillance automatic (see earlier post).
It would be a good idea to keep a running tally of who votes for what, just so we can see what our MPs get up to. And it would also be a good idea if the mainstream media got their act together and actually reported on what's going on
(Photo from the Daily Mail).
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