The Newspaper Shop -- Tuesday edition

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Originally posted by TankGirl

This is an interesting battle. It is still hard to believe that Brits have allowed such a privacy-ripping legislation to pass, making UK effectively an online police state:

You can pass pretty much any law you like simply by pretending its an anti-terrorist measure.

Seriously though, this is a reflection of the degree of power our government holds. We barely avoided passing a law a few months back that allowed the home secretary to have anyone he felt like arrested without having to account for it.