1. Could it be that this government did not construct more prisons because it thought that the kind of surveillance to which I've been subjected since mid-August 1998 would replace prisons? Remember that David Blunkett as Home Secretary foresaw a "prison without walls." The question remains just what this government thinks it will be doing with all the R&D carried out against me for the past eight years and five months 24/7 in the future?
The problems with not enough prison space tells it all. Why hasn't this government developed prison capacity over the past ten years to meet the need? This had to be seen as coming. This reflects the other miserable problems which have emerged from the Home Office. There are also problems with the NHS, Pensions, taxation, etc. This does not even consider the 2012 Olympics which I believe will be a disaster on the order of the Dome magnified by some exponential number. The problems this government has created will take decades to cure if at all unless it intends to implement mass control by means of the surveillance technology being developed against me.
The problems with respect to liberties and the elimination of jury trials applies across the board and not to terrorism alone which is a fear tactic which enables this government to bring in repressive policies which work for groups at the expense of the individual. One of these groups is the Labour Party and this government. The pattern is easy to discern with the recent proposals which will bring to four the kinds of civil restraints that lead to criminal sanctions without ever having committed a crime. There is also the process of incarcerating the mentally ill by forcing community control should noncompliance occur which is back in Parliament.
Look at the casino problem. This is a source of cash for politicians. It's an excellent way to launder money and get cash into the political coffers. It's especially necessary after the cash for honours fiasco. How do you think Labour will repay all those debts? Think of the problem that casinos will bring into this country on a large scale including organised crime, drugs and more uncontrolled prostitution resulting in the abuse of women. The money will be there to finance organised crime which will become solidly entrenched including the corrupton of government and law enforcement by bribes and threats. The UK will be looking more and more like Italy with its organised crime.
When all that this government has done in the past ten years is summed, the results show a trend toward repression and easy incarceration (when they get the prisons built) or community control with a destruction of the rights and ability of the individual to redress legitimate grievances. The trend is toward an authoritarian totalitarian government and away from democracy. What is not showing yet are the pilot schemes in R&D an example of which involves what is being done with 24/7 surveillance technology that has been in place against me since August 1998.
Worst of all is the media's ignorance and/or apathy with regard to these trends in the UK itself and most especially the failure to report the technological R&D being carried out for social control purposes that has backfired completely producing exactly the opposite results. I've been given a preview, but like the people in Russia described in the brilliant Storyville documentary about Alexander Letvinenko broadcast Monday night on BBC Two there is significant apathy. The interview with Anna P (what's her last name?) the journalist who was murdered last year too in Russia was perfect for pinpointing this overall malaise. The same is happening here in the West. No one cares and will not until all is lost.
The media are leading everyone down the garden path to oblivion by not connecting with and describing the reality of what this government is doing overall. The Mad Max world is not far away.
BBC News Wednesday, 24 January 2007, 12:52 GMT
Limit jail sentences, urges Reid
 Police cells have been used to ease overcrowding |
Judges and magistrates have been asked by Home Secretary John Reid and legal chiefs to jail only the most dangerous and persistent criminals.
Mr Reid, the attorney general and lord chancellor sent out their advice as the number of inmates in England and Wales hovered about the maximum 80,000 mark.
The government says 8,000 more prison places are being created.
It comes as Norwich jail is reopening a wing declared "unfit" by inspectors because of cell shortages.
The Home Office confirmed that up to 150 remand prisoners will be housed in Norwich's A-Wing as a short-term measure, just days after it closed for refurbishment.
The prison's Independent Monitoring Board described A-Wing as a "horrible" Victorian block in a "very bad state of repair".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6293225.stm
BBC News Wednesday, 24 January 2007, 18:23 GM
Criminal gangsters 'using pupils'
 It is feared gangs are recruiting pupils in schools |
Criminal gangs are infiltrating schools in England and sometimes using primary-age children to run messages between members, a minister has warned.
The Schools Minister, Jim Knight, said the problem existed in four cities but later said London was the main problem.
He told the Commons education select committee he wanted to tackle it before it became "a genuine worry".
Mr Knight also said schools should debate the race row which erupted around Channel 4's Big Brother show.
He told the cross-party committee of MPs that he accepted his department was "going to set hares running in the media" on the issue of criminal gangs, "but we have to be open about it".
"It is an emerging issue that we want to nip in the bud now before it becomes something that is a genuine worry for parents and pupils," he said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6294609.stm
BBC News Wednesday, 24 January 2007, 00:24 GMT
Support for liberties 'declining'
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Support for civil liberties is declining in the UK - but terrorism may not be to blame, a study has suggested.
British Social Attitudes, which regularly monitors public opinion, found majorities supporting tougher police and surveillance powers.
Some 45% of the 1,058 respondents said denying a trial-by-jury to terrorism suspects was a "price worth paying".
And the proportion of respondents who object to compulsory identity cards has nearly halved since 1990.
Researchers involved in the Social Attitudes project regularly ask the public the same questions to monitor changes over time. The studies are produced by a range of academics for the National Centre for Social Research.
Asked for their views on civil liberties and police powers amid the current tensions over national security, most respondents told the researchers they supported strong measures.
Eight out of 10 respondents agreed it was "a price worth paying" to restrict the freedom of those suspected of terrorism, such as by using electronic tags, home curfews or bans on going to certain places.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6290867.stm
2. Catholic and Anglican adoption discrimination should not be allowed. I believe that children who need homes should not be denied a good home because of the sexual orientation of the couple involved. The great problem of finding children a good home is far more important. There are so many problems from domestic violence and child abuse in heterosexual homes that it is necessary to find a suitable home for children without creating more problems in doing so. It would be interesting to see the proportion of domestic violence and child abuse problems as a percentage of sexual orientation groups if such numbers exist.
I believe that organised religion discredits itself by discriminating against people on this basis of sexual orientation without respect to evaluating people on the basis of whether they will make good parents. Adoption has nothing to do with faith, and in terms of Christianity it has everything to do with the teachings of the religious figure upon whom this church is founded who is probably spinning in his grave. Bigotry is alive and well in the Catholic Church and the Church of England. They are marginalising themselves.
BBC News Wednesday, 24 January 2007, 13:39 GMT
Churches unite over adoption row
 Dr Williams said rights of conscience cannot be subject to laws |
The Church of England has backed the Catholic Church in its bid to be exempt from laws on adoption by gay couples.
Catholic leaders in England and Wales say its teachings prevent its agencies placing children with homosexuals and they will close if bound by the rules.
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, have written to the PM.
They say "rights of conscience cannot be made subject to legislation, however well-meaning".
The Equality Act, due to come into effect in England, Wales and Scotland in April, outlaws discrimination in the provision of goods, facilities and services on the basis of sexual orientation.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6293115.stm
3. Snow in London this morning.
BBC News Wednesday, 24 January 2007, 18:23 GMT
Warnings as heavy snow predicted
 Snow fell across the South East, including on Brighton beach |
Fresh snowfalls expected overnight in south-east England could leave parts of Kent, Sussex and the Essex coast with up to 15cm (6in) of snow by Thursday.
Gritter lorries have been out in force as forecasters predict the UK's worst winter weather so far.
Snow and ice led to travel problems in the South East and London on Wednesday, with rail services severely disrupted and heavy congestion on some roads.
The Highways Agency has advised drivers to take extra care on the roads.
BBC weather forecaster Phil Avery said accumulations of up to 10cm (5.9in) were possible over the Downs on Wednesday night.