The emergency security measures before Parliament at the moment seem to be predicated on the basis that British Governments will always be benign, democratic, representative and convinced defenders of our traditional liberties. History - particularly that of the European continent over the last one hundred years - shows us that it might be good thing not be be quite so complacent ...
Even the history of our own country in that period shows us that the State, having first acquired powers over us sometimes for very good reasons during wartime emergencies, is extremely loathe to give them back.
This is David Davis M.P. on the subject of data retention and related issues...
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