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It was set up to point a finger at the erosion of personal freedom in the UK.
Government's active measures introduce new means of control such as identity cards and surveillance cameras, the passive measures such as weakening of double jeopardy and presumption of innocence.


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Wednesday, October 15, 2003
"In principle …"
Brian Micklethwait (London)
(0)   Identity cards

When a politician backs something "in principle", that means he doesn't back it, right?

Let's hope so, because the headline at the top of this BBC report is:

Blair backs ID cards 'in principle'

Let's hope the rule still applies.


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