Referring to it as the "snooper's charter" - which sounds about as threatening as a nosy neighbour from a 1970s sitcom - doesn't exactly help. They should be c

Referring to it as the "snooper's charter" - which sounds about as threatening as a nosy neighbour from a 1970s sitcom - doesn't exactly help. They should be called what they are, "Stasi powers", and memories of the KGB, totalitarianism and other things people can relate to as being generally bad news should be invoked.