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Re:UK’s mass surveillance regime violated human rights law, ... by clubm8 on Thursday September 13, 2018 @10:09AM (#17978718)
>I have a suspicion that at least part of the drive for Brexit comes from the determination of the British security services to preserve their last little island of unaccountable Empire

That's a poor strategy then, since it's likely Scotland will have a second independence referendum and there is much strong support for independence now that it's seen as a way to stay in the European union.

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Re:UK’s mass surveillance regime violated human rights law, ... by pjc50 on Thursday September 13, 2018 @10:22AM (#17978796)
Sadly there's no constitutional obligation for them to hold or respect that, or even preserve the Scottish parliament; I fear the situation may end up like Catalonia. Similar signals are in place for Northern Ireland.
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Re:UK’s mass surveillance regime violated human rights law, ... by ben_w on Thursday September 13, 2018 @11:57AM (#17979597)
Well you are technically correct, and despite the meme being that technically correct is the best type of correct, I don’t think that argument will hold up very well against a crowd of angry Glaswegians.
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