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Is Britain Now A Police state

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  • WRINKLES
    WRINKLES Posts: 817 Forumite
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    YES
    I see the Police Association have had an advert banned which depicted that people who keep themselves to themselves , only use cash and keep their curtains drawn should be treated with suspicion , after a number of complaints .
    That is a vast number of people , pensioners , people who cant get credit ,basic account holders with only a cash withdrawal card , people trapped in tower blocks with a drug dealer on one side , and a lady who utilises her body for commercial gain on the other , all suspicious .
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  • WRINKLES
    WRINKLES Posts: 817 Forumite
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    edited 11 August 2010 at 3:50PM
    YES
    This is so serious a matter , this country where we have freedom , the freedom to be poor , to be labelled a scrounger , and now to be investigated by the New Orwellian Ministry of Truth If we dare to save a couple of pounds a week untill we have enough to buy a new television , what will come next tesco with room 101 , if you buy a new television for cash the blue shirts arrest you at the checkout and take you there for questioning , Neil Kinnock had it right when he said , Dont be poor , Dont be ill , And dont be old , This is only the begining , how and when they will use this and the other new laws they have yet to tell us about , we shall see ,
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  • DGJsaver
    DGJsaver Posts: 2,777 Forumite
    is this any surprise ?
    Half the dullards alive in the UK landed us with this coalition of nobodies and tories....

    from now until whenever

    1)dont get cancer
    2)dont have kids
    3)dont enjoy a pint


    the list could run into hundreds
  • WRINKLES
    WRINKLES Posts: 817 Forumite
    500 Posts
    YES
    DGJsaver wrote: »
    is this any surprise ?
    Half the dullards alive in the UK landed us with this coalition of nobodies and tories....

    from now until whenever

    1)dont get cancer
    2)dont have kids
    3)dont enjoy a pint


    the list could run into hundreds
    It is no surprise to me , i stood on doorsteps and fought bailiff , s who were trying to seize goods from pensioners unable to pay the POLL TAX .
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  • WRINKLES
    WRINKLES Posts: 817 Forumite
    500 Posts
    YES
    WRINKLES wrote: »
    Some time ago i started a thread on CAG , i felt the CRA , s , were getting too powerfull , i told how they were linked with government agencies , dvla, dwap , nhs , local councills , and others , i said they acted like a government department , not just the three well known ones but the shadowy National hunter and others , maybe some secret ones we know nothing about , i feel todays news proves my fears were well founded , there will be those who will say if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear , History tells us when the state employs secret police to spy on us it will not stop , it will grow , they will know how much you drink , what you eat for breakfast , when you went shopping , when you got money from the cash machine , supermarket loyallty cards , tell a lot , cameras at the cash machine phone calls from your mobile , police cameras that log where you are by number plate , face recognition , and much more , put all this together , this is dangerous stuff , i could go on . What do you think .
    Due to the number of complaints about CRA s , i feel justified in resurrecting this thread i started last year , any opinions .
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  • vax2002
    vax2002 Posts: 7,187 Forumite
    YES
    They have done a very good job of destroying the public's trust in them.
    Would you trust them ?
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  • WRINKLES
    WRINKLES Posts: 817 Forumite
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    YES
    vax2002 wrote: »
    They have done a very good job of destroying the public's trust in them.
    Would you trust them ?
    I have never trusted them , i wonder if James Jones the Experian Company Representative ( who seems ever ready to defend Experian ) would like to comment .
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  • WRINKLES
    WRINKLES Posts: 817 Forumite
    500 Posts
    YES
    WRINKLES wrote: »
    I have never trusted them , i wonder if James Jones the Experian Company Representative ( who seems ever ready to defend Experian ) would like to comment .
    Hi Experian rep , i see you are on live right now , so any comments .
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  • WRINKLES
    WRINKLES Posts: 817 Forumite
    500 Posts
    YES
    I wonder if someone from the DVLA would like to come on MSE and explain how our information can be bought by criminals then sold to anyone who will pay ...... Be extremely carefull what information you give to anyone including Government departments .
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  • WRINKLES
    WRINKLES Posts: 817 Forumite
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    edited 1 April 2012 at 5:21PM
    YES
    After todays news the answer is ......yes britain is now a police state.
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