[Rictor]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=392629&in_page_id=1770

What the **** is wrong with England? Quietly, unobtrusively, with little scorn or debate, the Blair government has passed more totalitarian laws in the name of the nanny state than Bush has in the name of the security state.

The home life of every child in the country is to be recorded on a national database in the ultimate intrusion of the nanny state, it has emerged.

Computer records holding details of school performance, diet and even whether their parents provide a 'positive role model' for 12 million children will be held by the Government.

Police, social workers, teachers and doctors will have access to the database and have powers to flag up 'concerns' where children are not meeting criteria laid down by the state.

The 'children's index', which will cost the taxpayer £224 million, will even monitor whether youngsters are eating five portions of fruit and vegetables a day, whether they go to church or are struggling to get good marks at school.

It could take just two warning flags on a child's file to trigger an investigation.

I'm not even kidding when I say that, unless the majority of these laws can be stopped or repealed once Blair is out of office, you people better start buying masks and learning how to make plastic explosives.

[Drew]

this is what governments tend to do. our Patriot Act is a much less serious threat to liberty and it still has a vocal opposition.  its rediculous that people can take an isolated case and use to justify somthing like this

[achtung]

I'm questioning why their hasn't been a national backlash in Britain yet.

[aldo_14]

I'm questioning why their hasn't been a national backlash in Britain yet.

Because the bulk of the population - like every country, really - is too ****ing stupid to notice these things happening when the likes of Big Brother is on or Wayne Rooney stubs a toe.

[Colonol Dekker]

I quite agree Aldo, The government dont really publicise this sort of thing, although its easy enough to view propositions or recently passed motions, Most people think *Meh whats that got to do with me*Or are simply "too stupid" to notice without realising the repurcussions of their own ignorance.

[IPAndrews]

There's relatively little fuss being made. Especially the written media, since Big Brother is of far more national importance.

[Colonol Dekker]

I'm sure that the irony gods are laughing at our nation as we type/speak....

[IPAndrews]

irony gods

Good idea for a new religion. We could make lots of money. Got Tom Cruise's number?

[aldo_14]

Oh, and sadly it's not 'just' England the Blair government controls.

[Black Wolf]

Oooh. Looks like the UK givernment is catching up quick toi the yanks in the stupid contest.

How do you people keep electing this guy?

[aldo_14]

Oooh. Looks like the UK givernment is catching up quick toi the yanks in the stupid contest.

How do you people keep electing this guy?

I have no idea.........

my constituency, natch, has a 50% or so Labour majority, so my vote is literally worthless .  The fact that it is, er, how shall I say, one of the less well educated constituencies my have some bearing on that.......

[Mefustae]

How do you people keep electing this guy?

The same way we keep electing Howard.

[vyper]

Oooh. Looks like the UK givernment is catching up quick toi the yanks in the stupid contest.

How do you people keep electing this guy?

I have no idea.........

my constituency, natch, has a 50% or so Labour majority, so my vote is literally worthless .  The fact that it is, er, how shall I say, one of the less well educated constituencies my have some bearing on that.......

And the fact Nu Labaaa appeals to Middle England does not help matters.

[Darius]

How do you people keep electing this guy?

The same way we keep electing Howard.

The way we let ourselves be scared into voting Howard, or the fact there's no one to challenge him?

[IPAndrews]

Of course the only opposition to power crazed Blair and the Labour party is... the Tories. A party whose members would sell their own parents into slavery for a profit. Not to mention a long track record of corruption and screwing over the less well off in favour of the rich. But remember kids. Democracy works.  

[Mefustae]

How do you people keep electing this guy?

The same way we keep electing Howard.

The way we let ourselves be scared into voting Howard, or the fact there's no one to challenge him?

Simply the fact that the dumb minority that votes for him just happens to be the voting majority.

[Wobble73]

And the fact Nu Labaaa appeals to Middle England does not help matters.

I thought that was a new fundamentalist group in the Middle East when I read it! 

[aldo_14]

And the fact Nu Labaaa appeals to Middle England does not help matters.

I thought that was a new fundamentalist group in the Middle East when I read it! 

Well, they are a group, they are kind of fundamentalist, and they are actively causing death and destruction in the Middle East......

[Wobble73]

And the fact Nu Labaaa appeals to Middle England does not help matters.

I thought that was a new fundamentalist group in the Middle East when I read it! 

Well, they are a group, they are kind of fundamentalist, and they are actively causing death and destruction in the Middle East......

Is that all of New Labour or just blair though?

[aldo_14]

Is that all of New Labour or just blair though?

New Labour, yeah.  Blair wouldn't be able to operate alone, even if his government is splitting between his and Browns' loyalists.