Wednesday, February 15, 2006
The Great Blair Con.
The Independent publishes detailed analysis of how Tony Blair manipulated the serious threat of terrorism facing Britain to suit the Government's political agenda.
A Centre for Policy Studies pamphlet, titled The Use and Abuse of Terror, by Peter Oborne, examines the actions of the police and security forces since 11 September 2001, and investigates how they and the Government have exploited the scare stories in recent years.
THE RICIN PLOT. How ministers used discovery of poison to justify Iraq war - but there was none.
OLD TRAFFORD. How plot to bomb Manchester United ground in 2004 was a total fabrication.
BOMBING AFTERMATH. How Blair destroyed a cross-party deal on anti-terror laws after London attacks.
"New Labour has set out to politicise terror, to use it for narrow party advantage. Few people now believe what the Prime Minister, the security services and police tell us about security matters."
For the life of me I cannot grasp how the British public, who patently mistrust Blair and the Government and believe little or nothing of what they say, have swallowed the spin and the lies so completely, gone along so meekly as their country slides dangerously close to becoming a police state.
A Centre for Policy Studies pamphlet, titled The Use and Abuse of Terror, by Peter Oborne, examines the actions of the police and security forces since 11 September 2001, and investigates how they and the Government have exploited the scare stories in recent years.
THE RICIN PLOT. How ministers used discovery of poison to justify Iraq war - but there was none.
OLD TRAFFORD. How plot to bomb Manchester United ground in 2004 was a total fabrication.
BOMBING AFTERMATH. How Blair destroyed a cross-party deal on anti-terror laws after London attacks.
"New Labour has set out to politicise terror, to use it for narrow party advantage. Few people now believe what the Prime Minister, the security services and police tell us about security matters."
For the life of me I cannot grasp how the British public, who patently mistrust Blair and the Government and believe little or nothing of what they say, have swallowed the spin and the lies so completely, gone along so meekly as their country slides dangerously close to becoming a police state.
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We are not all sheep but the majority are stupid people who only vote for Blair & Labour is because their parents & grandparents did. Yes they are the sheep, it pains me to say but listening to these people talk, they think the sun shines out of Blair's ar$e. But the thing is these people have large families, earn low incomes and a great many of them are claiming benefits of one form or another. Why should they rock the boat?
Unfortunately in this great democratic country it doesn't matter what the public says, if the government want to pass a law then the only thing stopping them is the house of Lords. Knowing this then it's not surprising that the government tried to remove the voting rights of hereditary peers so that only their self appointed peers could vote on important matters like which laws get passed and which don't.
The general public don't get a say in the matter & usually when we hear the full story it's too late. It's not that we believe all the cr@p they're spouting, but more to the point, we don't get told the truth until they have most of what they want anyway.
Take this ID card fiasco, the government say it will be a voluntary scheme but if anybody applies for a UK passport after 2007 then they will have to have an ID card as well. They tell us that they will cost us £30 per person but independant research groups have estimated this price to be closer to £100.
This is the state of things here in UK but we are powerless to stop it. We have a couple of options.
1> National strikes (which are classed as acts of terrorism if they affect the transportation infrastructure). Trouble with this option is that the only people who will suffer are the general public, we have to eat, we have to pay the mortgage so this isn't really an option.
2> Write to our MP's (and say what?)
Unfortunately in this great democratic country it doesn't matter what the public says, if the government want to pass a law then the only thing stopping them is the house of Lords. Knowing this then it's not surprising that the government tried to remove the voting rights of hereditary peers so that only their self appointed peers could vote on important matters like which laws get passed and which don't.
The general public don't get a say in the matter & usually when we hear the full story it's too late. It's not that we believe all the cr@p they're spouting, but more to the point, we don't get told the truth until they have most of what they want anyway.
Take this ID card fiasco, the government say it will be a voluntary scheme but if anybody applies for a UK passport after 2007 then they will have to have an ID card as well. They tell us that they will cost us £30 per person but independant research groups have estimated this price to be closer to £100.
This is the state of things here in UK but we are powerless to stop it. We have a couple of options.
1> National strikes (which are classed as acts of terrorism if they affect the transportation infrastructure). Trouble with this option is that the only people who will suffer are the general public, we have to eat, we have to pay the mortgage so this isn't really an option.
2> Write to our MP's (and say what?)
Thanks for that, Scouser, and how right you are.
Too many people vote out of "tradition". Dad voted Labour and it saves reading the manifesto anyway. Baaaaaa.
Sheep indeed.
I've posted many times on ID cards and the national database, and I'm deeply upset about the whole thing. People are going to rue their complacency and apathy over that and other recent issues.
As you say, writing letters to MP's is no more than a waste of time and trees, and I guess the days of mass action in the form of general strikes is over for ever.
Thanks again for commenting - hope to hear from you again.
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Too many people vote out of "tradition". Dad voted Labour and it saves reading the manifesto anyway. Baaaaaa.
Sheep indeed.
I've posted many times on ID cards and the national database, and I'm deeply upset about the whole thing. People are going to rue their complacency and apathy over that and other recent issues.
As you say, writing letters to MP's is no more than a waste of time and trees, and I guess the days of mass action in the form of general strikes is over for ever.
Thanks again for commenting - hope to hear from you again.
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