UK Proposes Government Home Snoops


	UK Proposes Government Home Snoops

ColoradoRight

11-16-2009 10:10 PM

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government, privacy, invasion, snooping, power

ColoradoRight says:

and how is it all justified? (well apart from that thing about how all Britains are "subjects" and have no written rights other than that to cough up tax money and bow before their betters)

About 100,000 children are admitted to hospital each year for home injuries at a cost of £146m.

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