The police will be constitutionally empowered to arrest anyone they believe may commit a crime, after an amendment to the draft Bill of Rights was passed last night. The Home Minister, Justice Minister and Attorney General all voted in favour of the amendment, which some lawyers say gives the police a green light to detain political dissidents.   more »

We are the most conditioned, programmed beings the world has ever known. Not only are our thoughts and attitudes continually being shaped and molded; our very awareness of the whole design seems like it is being subtly and inexorably erased. The doors of our perception are carefully and precisely regulated. Who cares, right?   more »

Whilst the politicians play games, with the Tories and Liberals huffing and puffing about the ID card scheme, threatening to stop it, block it, refusing to sign up to it, the government is putting it into place. No matter what Gordon Brown tells us, its on, its off, its on again, recruitment firms are hunting for Project Managers to implement 'Citizen Authentication' systems, the first step in citizen control.   more »