'I'm referring to higher and higher taxation, more and more state control.'"mass surveillance operations conducted by Britain's spy agency GCHQ, thing have become worse, not better. The UK is now unrivalled among democratic nations for sanctioning state snooping.""the government has pressed on with extending state surveillance, primarily by way of the Investigatory Powers Act (IPA). Under the powers, which came into force in 2016, the security services can hack into the electronic devices of masses of private individuals, so that their personal information can be collected, stored long-term and trawled at will, even though they are not suspected of criminality. No other democracy in the world has that kind of bulk hacking power'. said Megan Goulding a lawyer with Liberty.'It is no surprise that the UK has slipped to 26th in the Press Freedom index compiled by Reporters Without Borders'. (The 'i' 14 August)Add to that the swivel eyed loony faction of the Tory party and their desperation over small boats leading to their idea of pulling us out of the ECHR to further be able to persecute desperate people, I'd say your fears of more state control will be made far worse by continuing to vote Conservative.
Vanessa Smith ● 1131d