[bb101]

The current conservative government is on its last legs before being banished for at least a decade. It appears they already have their eyes on the lucrative private sector and are willing to vandalise the UK with little thought to public protest.

[laputan_machine]

Labour are even more in favour of this than the tories are. Lib Dems, too. No mainstream party in the UK values your privacy.

[Roark66]

I wonder if the UK ever decides to have a written constitution. On one hand they've been doing fine without one for centuries. On the other if this law passes the parliament that's it. There is no "constitutional court" to strike it down. No "president" to "not sign it". Etc.

[maakjaii]

Agreed, Sir Keith Starmer honestly seems like a relic from the Cold War

[bb101]

I can't help but think the other parties would put forward better policies that don't alienate the electorate nor swathes of international business. Some would say the current conservative cabinet are the low-grade remnants of the recent party turmoil, and their policies demonstrate this. Unfortunately for us, they really have nothing to lose over the next year.

[dclowd9901]

You should be more like us Americans and give it up of your own volition to any private company who gives you a moment of free entertainment.

[urbandw311er]

We have been able to bug phones, homes, offices, whatever, for years to keep the country safe. If enough people had a major issue with that they’d start a new political party and vote it in.

Personally I quite like it. Evidence suggests there’s quite a lot of people trying to blow us up and stuff.

[KerrAvon]

It’s really astonishing that Joe Biden seems to be generally to the left of the Labour party leadership. By USA standards Biden is a centrist moderate. We had the good sense to eject the Mark Penn “must go right-wing” types from mainstream Democratic circles; why didn’t Labour follow this path too?