The winning argument so far seems to be "nothing to hide, nothing to fear". Which is exactly the argument used by both fascist and Stalinist regimes in the 1930s, as they gradually took away rights to privacy, fair trials, and eventually freedom to speak and organise.

We need to be reminding folk of this; that we're being asked to give politicians more power over ourselves, and how daft is that?

Interesting to see how many dumb sheep have said "yes". Over 60% !!

Fix !!!!

They can shove their rigged polls up their arse!

Unless you live in a cave and eat grass there is nothing you can do (buy or sell) without this microchipped card, containing ALL your personal data.

How can you turn law-abiding citizens into criminals for failing to have a piece of PLASTIC on you?

Course that poll was rigged. Blunkett becomes more and more of a Nazi every week. They keep coming back with these pure fascist plans.

Tne BBC like all the media are part of the problem. Humanity will never be happy until the last politician is hung with the guts of the last pollster...

the oppression of refugees. one of the self-justifying arguments being used by HMG is that "... asylum seekers have got them, so whats wrong with everyone having them..." ?
This is a classic case of how the failure of the general public to actively link up with the oppressed has led to authoritarian measures being imposed on both.
Another expression of this is how Blunkett tried to capitalise on the relative success of the England world cup foray by bizarrely calling for the reclaiming of the St George flag from the bigots (when actually it was the bigots who revived it in the mid-1990s from the era of the Crusaders). All those young people naievely waving that flag may suddenly find themselves being forced to hold it aloft for a long, long time. When people like erstwhile radical Billy Bragg can endorse it, what are we supposed to say ? Is "togetherness" for its own sake such a virtue ? Shouldnt we be looking at the basis of this manufactured national unity before we pick up a banner ? I personally, will never play at United Kingdom, not even with my black assoiates (who frankly, should know better !) while the refugee camp question remains unresolved.