Went to a meeting convened by the Labour Campaign for Human Rights in which Kier Starmer MP argued that without a new law, there are no [better] safeguards. But that’s only because the intelligence agencies are breaking the law with, at the best connivance, and at the worst encouragement of Government.
There’s a blog coming!
The Tory Government, have republished the Snooper’s Charter, 😥 changed some of the words and it has been inching towards the House of Commons via three parliamentary committees of experts, all of whom have criticised the Bill as it stands. The Labour Party plans to abstain on the 2nd reading, and explains why here. The campaigning academic, Paul Bernal, has written a blog, welcoming Andy Burnham’s press release as the most pro-privacy comments made by a Labour Shadow Home Secretary and makes the following comments. …
Labour Party Compliance unit are stating that you have to agree with the policy of the Labour Party to remain a member. If they plan to enforce that one, they’re going to be very busy. …
God knows what I was researching when I came across this! A model suggesting that politicians won’t solve problems that they’re good at, or more importantly have a reputation of being good at; once the problem goes away, the need for them does too. …
While watching “The Night Manager”, I observe two British Intelligence agents who need to keep secrets from MI6 having a conversation on the embankment outside River House, and some claim its portrayal of tradecraft is very accurate! Don’t think I’d be doing that, especially as in the next scene, their target’s Consigliere makes a call to “Gloucester” to do a check on their agent. While it’s fiction, any data store can be hacked even the government’s, and social engineering is cheaper, and faster than brute force, that’s why they shouldn’t collect data without probable cause. They can’t guarantee to provide “adequate protection” and they’re changing the law to give the intelligence services immunities from computer misuse crimes. …
And now watching the The secret life of Arthur Ransome, it’s a revelation to me. The lover of Trotsky’s private secretary, Russia correspondent for the London Press and the story of his last visit to Russia to bring his lover home is the stuff of James Bond. Watch this before it becomes unavailable.” …
Join me and sign the petition, Give us back our blooming anchor!
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I finished the 2nd Machine Age yesterday. Now to review it.
Talking to my close colleague and the biggest problem I have with “The second machine age” is its ignorance of the the process of capitalist appropriation. …
I wonder how the picket/vigil/reunion at the Certification Office went this a.m. It was too far and too early for me to make it. …
