BBC NEWS | Politics | Blair defends house arrest plan

Ramblings / January 27, 2005 / John / 0

Well there we have it. That lovely Mr Blair would like to follow in the footsteps of Apartheid by giving law enforcement officials the power to effectively imprison and silence anyone the state considers to be a supporter of “terrorism”. Without trial, without being required to provide any evidence whatsoever. Does posting this blog entry add a black mark to my file somewhere in London? How long, then, before we have our very own home-grown Steve Bikos and Nelson Mandelas, subject to detention in their own homes and flagged as “banned persons” guilty of the crime of disagreeing with the government?

So where can we turn? The Tories are just as much in favour of this as Labour are – keep ’em frightened, keep ’em in front of the their TVs so we can coerce them to “consume”. Are the Liberals an alternative? Can they actually make a decision off their own backs? Who knows. The future is looking bleak.

The civilised world imposed sanctions on South Africa because of policies like this. Who will sanction Britain?

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John

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