[UK] government is prepared to go "quite a long way" with civil liberties

MrSpoon · 10-17-2008, 04:12 PM

I saw this statement live on TV my jaw dropped to think what this country has become.

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BBC

Lib Dems' communities spokeswoman Julia Goldsworthy said it sounded like "something I would expect to read in [George Orwell's book] 1984" and questioned whether the government and councils could be trusted not to misuse the powers.

She asked: "How much more control can they have? How far is he prepared to go to undermine civil liberties?"

Mr Hoon interjected: "To stop terrorists killing people in our society, quite a long way actually.

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The independent

Speaking on the BBC's Question Time programme, Mr Hoon admitted he was prepared to go "quite a long way" in undermining civil liberties to stop people being killed, and added "the biggest civil liberty of all is not to be killed by a terrorist".

10-17-2008, 04:12 PM	#1
MrSpoon Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 11	[UK] government is prepared to go "quite a long way" with civil liberties I saw this statement live on TV my jaw dropped to think what this country has become. Links BBC Lib Dems' communities spokeswoman Julia Goldsworthy said it sounded like "something I would expect to read in [George Orwell's book] 1984" and questioned whether the government and councils could be trusted not to misuse the powers. She asked: "How much more control can they have? How far is he prepared to go to undermine civil liberties?" Mr Hoon interjected: "To stop terrorists killing people in our society, quite a long way actually. and The independent Speaking on the BBC's Question Time programme, Mr Hoon admitted he was prepared to go "quite a long way" in undermining civil liberties to stop people being killed, and added "the biggest civil liberty of all is not to be killed by a terrorist".