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A comment on UK Investigatory Powers Bill: Politicians exempt themselves from new laws. Parent comment

Re:UK Investigatory Powers Bill: Politicians exempt themselv... by lostboys67 on Friday December 02, 2016 @06:18AM (#13087731)
That would require all MP's to be vetted :-)
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Re:UK Investigatory Powers Bill: Politicians exempt themselv... by amelius on Friday December 02, 2016 @08:15AM (#13088268)
We could start by disclosing only (detailed) meta-information.

Or we could choose 1 MP per party to be informed.

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Re:UK Investigatory Powers Bill: Politicians exempt themselv... by toyg on Friday December 02, 2016 @10:55AM (#13089603)
The Leader of the Opposition is already in Privy Council, which (I believe) means he'll get most of the security briefs he wants to. He should probably be in COBRA too, but I don't think that's the case at the moment.
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Re:UK Investigatory Powers Bill: Politicians exempt themselv... by pjc50 on Friday December 02, 2016 @09:52AM (#13088943)
I'd like to see the government forced to give Special Branch info to Sinn Fein, that would be hilarious.
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