Big Mother takes over helm of UK

Written on July 19th, 2016 in politics Comments Off

Published on Intrepid Report (first in Wayne Madsen Report ), by Wayne Madsen, July 15, 2016.

The “Queen of Surveillance,” UK Home Secretary Theresa May, has assumed the office of prime minister. May is a longtime champion of every form of intrusive surveillance that ever came before her desk at the Home Office. For Britain, what is already the world’s leading high-tech surveillance state will now move closer to George Orwell’s dystopian futuristic Britain, a country he dubbed “Airstrip One.”  

Instead of “Big Brother,” May will become the consummate “Big Mother.” As home secretary, May drastically increased the powers of the Security Service, also known as MI-5, to spy on people in Britain. May has had plenty of time to implement her Orwellian society. Home secretary since 2010, May has served as home secretary longer than any predecessor since the 19th century. As prime minister, May’s zeal to spy will extend to the Secret Intelligence Service, MI-6, and Britain’s NSA counterpart, the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ).

May’s pet project at the Home Office has been the passage of the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers (DRIP) Act, legislation that saw its second reading on the way to final passage in the House of Lords. However, Liberal Democratic lords have demanded changes to the legislation and have slowed its final passage … //

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Links:

USA: why we’re the murder capital of the world, on Intrepid Report, by Jack Balkwill, July 18, 2016;

Will Italian Banks Tear Down Europe? on naked capitalism, by Yves Smith, July 18, 2016;

Yes to death penalty will mean No to EU membership, EU warns Turkey, on RT, July 18, 2016;

From Watchdog to Attackdog - Media depictions of Jeremy Corbyn are an affront to democracy, on London School of Economics LSE, by Brooks DeCillia, July 18, 2016;

How will Turkey’s attempted coup affect the EU’s refugee crisis? on The Telegrah.co.uk, by PETER FOSTER, July 18, 2016: ven before Turkey was rocked by an attempted coup d’etat, the €3 billion-a-year refugee deal between the EU and Turkey was in doubt – the events of last weekend now make it doubly difficult to see how it can fully be implemented;

Uncontrolled refugeeism lacks political wisdom, on Intrepid Report, by Ben Tanosborn, on July 18, 2016;

No more denial: let’s accept the inevitable and fight for the best Brexit we can, on London School of Economics LSE, by Simon Hix, July 16, 2016;

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