The pricetag for the UK "snooper's charter" -- a comprehensive warrantless spying proposal from the government -- is in: "at least £1.8 billion." This is how the coalition fight crime, even as thousands of police take to the streets to protest cuts in front line patrols, and even as private companies are taking over "policing duties" in cities and towns across the nation. What austerity, huh? Nothing's too dear when you're spying on an entire nation's entire digital life.

  • http://trucklicense.net/get-cdl Freedom Jackson

    People want freedom the government is scarred that there won’t be any left or something.

  • SpaceBeers

    Hooray for them! Our heroes.

  • http://scavenger-ethic.blogspot.com/ scav

    See, this kind of crap is why I want an independent Scotland.  2 years to the referendum…

    • Dave Clegg

      We’ll never get them out without Scotland’s help :(

      • http://scavenger-ethic.blogspot.com/ scav

        Only fair, we had a lot of “help” from England getting the bastards in. But you could always try for a proportionally-elected parliament, like a civilised country :)

        I appreciate that might be difficult when the main party in favour of PR committed political suicide by dropping their principles and panties for the sake of a sniff of power. Oh well.

    • digi_owl

      A independent Scotland would be something to see indeed, from my vantage point across the North Sea.

      • http://scavenger-ethic.blogspot.com/ scav

        det vil være en fantastisk fest, og alle våre venner er invitert

  • SomeGuyNamedMark

    Someone keeps voting for these politicians

  • Glen Able

    Well if you guys want to post seditious remarks about the government, even after Cory’s just explained this excellent new scheme of theirs, that’s your business. 

  • billstewart

    It’ll certainly make it easier to borrow everybody’s laptop and mobile phone cameras as CCTVs in case you need to find your kid in the pub!

  • James Churchill

    You say “warrantless”, I hear “unwarranted”. :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/jasonconort Jason Conort

    More than a little strange how bills like this are trying to get passed every where from Canada to England.