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Re:Britain passed the “most extreme surveillance law ever pa... by mmmBacon on Thursday November 17, 2016 @07:32PM (#12983247)
Does something like this make a strong case for UK having a formal constitution to check the power of Parliament to make laws like this?
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Re:Britain passed the “most extreme surveillance law ever pa... by waqf on Friday November 18, 2016 @10:26AM (#12987343)
Not really. The UK is a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights and the law can be challenged under that. See for instance here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/01/20/human_rights_court_r...
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