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Re:Changes to UK Surveillance Regime May Violate Internation... by domh on Friday August 25, 2023 @01:52PM (#37264830)
Are the Labour party even against this though?
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Re:Changes to UK Surveillance Regime May Violate Internation... by pjc50 on Friday August 25, 2023 @02:03PM (#37265013)
Not particularly. The Blair-era government was also pretty pro-surveillance.
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Re:Changes to UK Surveillance Regime May Violate Internation... by switch007 on Friday August 25, 2023 @05:26PM (#37267242)
Indeed. The opposite of Conservative is not Labour.
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Re:Changes to UK Surveillance Regime May Violate Internation... by toyg on Friday August 25, 2023 @06:28PM (#37267805)
It's ever so slightly more likely to bow to public pressure, because they are ever so slightly less dependent on moneyed elites funding them (the bulk of their financial backing comes from trade unions). At this point, every little counts.
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