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> Prime Minister David Cameron and his Lib Dem Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will tell a special cabinet meeting on Thursday that emergency legislation is ne

by furyg3 12y ago

> Prime Minister David Cameron and his Lib Dem Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will tell a special cabinet meeting on Thursday that emergency legislation is necessary to keep the country safe. Safe from what, exactly?

pgeorgi 12y ago
From PM and deputy PM throwing a tantrum, of course.
madaxe_again 12y ago
From a mass civil uprising against the increasingly fascistic tack taken by Our Glorious Leaders.
DanBC 12y ago
"paedophile MPs?" (From Franke Boyle, but I can't find the tweet at the moment.) > Frankie Boyle @frankieboyle Jul 10 > Oddly, a government that lost 114 files on child abuse thinks it's important to keep a note of every time you post a funny cat video online > Frankie Boyle @frankieboyle Jul 10 > About time we had a new electronic surveillance law to uncover exactly no terrorists and 158 million texts about fucking
- JonnieCache 12y ago
  How do these people not understand that when they say "we lost the files" the public hears "we definitely did it, and we're probably still doing it." The tory party is now surely the baby-raping party in the minds of everyone who read about that investigation and the "lost" files. TBF not much change there.
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  - northernmonkey 12y ago
    The truth of course it that lots of MPs do understand how people interpret this kind of thing. Truth is, most MPs are intelligent, reasonable people. Sadly they are often judged for the actions of the few reprehensible MPs that more often than not make it to the front benches.
- pling 12y ago
  You've got to love Frankie Boyle for saying it how it is. I suspect that the timing of this isn't coincidental as well on the basis that: 1. It was just after the allegations of these files being lost was made (5th July) 2. Everyone's going on holiday soon (22nd July) so apathy is at a high. Not impressed!
- philjohn 12y ago
  Here you go: https://twitter.com/frankieboyle/status/487180484838174722 https://twitter.com/frankieboyle/status/487180484838174722 It was a response to David Cameron's tweet.
JamesMcMinn 12y ago
Paedophiles and terrorists, apparently. From the BBC's coverage of the announcement yesterday: "PM asks if we want paedophiles and extremists to communicate without it being possible to intercept communications".
switch007 12y ago
Online abuse of children (Yvette Cooper) Criminals and terrorists (Sir Richard Ottaway) Pedophiles; radicals; criminals; terrorists; industrial, military and state criminal exploitation of communications networks, espionage organised criminal gangs; the threat from all sorts of criminals whose work is made easier by cyber-technology. (Theresa May) [1] Basically, everything, because of how broad the act is. [1] http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmhansrd/cm140710/debtext/140710-0001.htm#14071054000003 http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmhansrd/c...
- madaxe_again 12y ago
  Surely the straightforward way to eliminate the child abusers, terrorists, and criminals would be to just arrest the entirety of lords and commons?

by furyg3 12y ago

pgeorgi 12y ago

From PM and deputy PM throwing a tantrum, of course.

madaxe_again 12y ago

From a mass civil uprising against the increasingly fascistic tack taken by Our Glorious Leaders.

DanBC 12y ago

"paedophile MPs?" (From Franke Boyle, but I can't find the tweet at the moment.) > Frankie Boyle @frankieboyle Jul 10 > Oddly, a government that lost 114 files on child abuse thinks it's important to keep a note of every time you post a funny cat video online > Frankie Boyle @frankieboyle Jul 10 > About time we had a new electronic surveillance law to uncover exactly no terrorists and 158 million texts about fucking

JonnieCache 12y ago
How do these people not understand that when they say "we lost the files" the public hears "we definitely did it, and we're probably still doing it." The tory party is now surely the baby-raping party in the minds of everyone who read about that investigation and the "lost" files. TBF not much change there.
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- northernmonkey 12y ago
  The truth of course it that lots of MPs do understand how people interpret this kind of thing. Truth is, most MPs are intelligent, reasonable people. Sadly they are often judged for the actions of the few reprehensible MPs that more often than not make it to the front benches.
pling 12y ago
You've got to love Frankie Boyle for saying it how it is. I suspect that the timing of this isn't coincidental as well on the basis that: 1. It was just after the allegations of these files being lost was made (5th July) 2. Everyone's going on holiday soon (22nd July) so apathy is at a high. Not impressed!
philjohn 12y ago
Here you go: https://twitter.com/frankieboyle/status/487180484838174722 https://twitter.com/frankieboyle/status/487180484838174722 It was a response to David Cameron's tweet.

JamesMcMinn 12y ago

Paedophiles and terrorists, apparently. From the BBC's coverage of the announcement yesterday: "PM asks if we want paedophiles and extremists to communicate without it being possible to intercept communications".

switch007 12y ago

Online abuse of children (Yvette Cooper) Criminals and terrorists (Sir Richard Ottaway) Pedophiles; radicals; criminals; terrorists; industrial, military and state criminal exploitation of communications networks, espionage organised criminal gangs; the threat from all sorts of criminals whose work is made easier by cyber-technology. (Theresa May) [1] Basically, everything, because of how broad the act is. [1] http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmhansrd/cm140710/debtext/140710-0001.htm#14071054000003 http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmhansrd/c...

madaxe_again 12y ago
Surely the straightforward way to eliminate the child abusers, terrorists, and criminals would be to just arrest the entirety of lords and commons?