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For context this is a cross party designed in committee policy. Yes, both parties are that bad. The dumbest thing about this is you create a single attack vec
by easytiger 3y ago
For context this is a cross party designed in committee policy.
Yes, both parties are that bad.
The dumbest thing about this is you create a single attack vector for nation state enemies who we know now all have the facilites to exploit this.
You might as well just turn the lights off and hand Russia, China, Iran, N. Korea the keys.
- toyg 3y agoStill, an early general election would put the brakes on this bill. The next Labour government will be under no pressure to pick it back up, and in fact will likely be under quite a bit of pressure to let it go. This is the sort of terrible throwaway law that results from lame-duck governments.
- easytiger 3y agoWhat do you base that on? My understanding is this bill will have cross party support and has been in development for many many years. It might be politically expedient to abandon it at some point, but the mainstream media largely have completely ignored it and the public have little knowledge of it but at all
- toyg 3y agoMany many years with the same party in power. Whereas New Labour, at the peak of their electoral dominance, couldn't even pass a bill to get an ID card the rest of Europe has had for centuries. It's much easier to whip the right-wing into a frenzy when the government is not their natural friend.
- timthorn 3y agoLabour did introduce ID cards. It was one of the first acts of the Cameron government to scrap it.
- worik 3y ago> Yes, both parties are that bad. If I read this correctly (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_the_United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_t...) there are twelve parties in Westminster
- easytiger 3y agoi really don't understand what point you are trying to make. can you elaborate?