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Britons have lost their liberty reflex – Conservative MP
Published: 14 October, 2010, 17:38
Edited: 16 October, 2010, 15:01
TAGS: EU, UK, Politics, Human rights, Terrorism
The UK is witnessing a shift in relations between the state and citizens, manifested by intrusive surveillance, the necessity of which most Britons do not understand, believes Conservative Party MP Dominic Raab.
“When you look at the measures [adopted by the government] one by one, they eroded our freedom but did very little for our security,” insists Raab.
That may change with The Freedom Bill which is in the new ruling coalition agreement, coming out this year or early 2011. Raab hopes it will help reduce the level of “recharged tension” and strengthen jury trial in the UK.
“Protecting British liberty is a fantastic tradition we’ve got in this country but I think it is all very relevant to what we’ve got today,” Raab stated.
He insists that Britain must be extremely cautious in transferring the power of its law enforcement to EU structures and that it must “scrutinize every decision that comes up very carefully”.
“We used to instinctively react against the state’s incursions into our freedom, into our free space. And what the last government did was – very cunning and surreptitious – to bit by bit slice off our freedoms,” said the MP.
“Civil liberties have always been inherently vulnerable to that kind of slow burn abuse. What we’ve got to do is recognize it as a much bigger issue and protect that tradition of liberty that we have in our country. Otherwise our children are going to find themselves growing up in very different kind of society, with a very different kind of culture,” Dominic Raab concluded.
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Several factors have created Big Brother in Great Britain: 1. The UK lost alot of it's moral compass back in the 1980s. 2. Britain has always had an authority attitude, part of their ego. 3. Special interest and religious groups in the UK have sought special status for many years. The government always gives-in, only to get more demands. 4. Last, more security and laws don't mean more peace always!!
It is very important for British citizens to become more politically active . Britain and America went down a dangerous path under the Bush/Blair Regime . The new politicians who inherit this extra power don't want to give it up . This is most evident with America's Patriot Act .
Dominic, whilst admiring your early involvement in some of the most important debates in the House, there is an area that gives me concern, probabaly because I am aware of your legal training. My exposure to freedon of the Individual was more on the Front Line. For Five yearsIi was a "Bobby" on the beat, after my father had served 35 years in the Essex Constabulary and was particular pleased to have him present when I graduated as Top Student at Police College. I believe in Rights, but I am appaled at the deterioration of RESPONSIBILITIES. The pendulum has swung too far. Where is the respect of children for Authority, the right to sue their parents!. I cannot support the right to vote for those who have been convicted of any crime against the State, they should lose any rights to comment or opinion until they have repaid the Society that created it.