Big Brother Watch has today (11th May) released a research paper outlining the progress the Coalition Government has made on civil liberties issues during its first year in office.
The paper concludes that, while real progress has been made, many of the Coalition's promises to roll back the power of the state remain unfulfilled.
Click here to download the report
Commenting on the report, Big Brother Watch Director Daniel Hamilton said:
"The Coalition has some real achievements to speak off.
"Ministers should be congratulated for taking steps to scrap ID cards and remove the profiles of the one million innocent people held on the national DNA database. They should also be praised for doing away with the ContactPoint database of children’s details and reforming the criminal record check regime.
"They do, however, have more work to do.
"Police stop and search powers remain in place, Control Orders remain virtually unreformed and there has been no opt-out from the European Arrest Warrant. When it comes to E-Borders, the Summary Care Record and Intercept Modernisation Programme, they have continued to implement the previous government’s policies – warts and all."
What exactly did you expect from "Thatcher with a Dick"
Posted by: Purlieu | 12/05/2011 at 05:46 AM
They should also be praised for doing away with the ContactPoint database of children’s details and reforming the criminal record check regime.
Posted by: outbackbikers | 13/06/2011 at 02:57 AM
That was my thought,too.
Posted by: mbt sale | 20/06/2011 at 02:43 PM
Skyler, glad to hear it. We’ll go through each component of the application in a different blog post this summer
Posted by: MBT Online | 23/06/2011 at 05:11 PM
Though the focus of this paper so far has been on lung changes as a conse-quence of ARF. it is quite probable that lung injury can worsen kidney function during ARF. High airspacc pressures,
Posted by: The North Face | 09/07/2011 at 11:02 AM