Red Alert: UK Patriot Act On Its Way

[jcat]

All well-meaning people need to take action against the Civil Contingencies Bill now before the House of Lords. This extremely dangerous Bill would give the Government the legal power to put an end to democratic institutions and civil liberties in the UK. Believe it or not, it's true. No exaggeration.

Lord Lucas, speaking in the House of Lords during the July 5th second reading, came to the point:
"Are we opening up our system to the equivalent of what happened in Germany in 1933, where it became possible for an extreme party legitimately to hijack a democracy and turn it into something totalitarian? . . . They [the New Labour Government] appear to want a role of issuing diktats." He concluded by calling for amendments to the Bill which would safeguard our rights, "or we are signing our death warrant as a democracy".

That is exactly the issue and the menace.
Lord Lucas was not exaggerating.

This Bill, which is not far from passage (and demands radical amendment), enables the Government to declare a State of Emergency on practically any grounds - insignificant events (e.g. “damage to property”); “threatened” insignificant events (e.g. threatened disruption of a supply of money), even a “situation” would do, and a situation occurring outside the United Kingdom would also do.

In other words, anything goes.

If Parliament then approves the State of Emergency insisted upon by the Government (most of them know how to use a rubber stamp), then the Government can effectively rule by decree ---dictatorial power.

As the forthright, libertarian Lord Lucas said, “We can run on from there and ask at what point we recover our democracy.” The reader of this article can guess at the answer as well as anyone.

If the loss of democracy and civil liberties is of little concern to a particular reader, then consider the clause in the Bill that provides for the confiscation of property, “with or without compensation.”

This horrific Bill went through the House of Commons with paltry discussion, little opposition, and silence from the irresponsible corporate News Media. And the News Media remains silent as it proceeds through the House of Lords. This must not continue.

This Bill should be REJECTED OUTRIGHT
and put forward crippling amendments below**

**What kind of amendments should be proposed?

(1) Justifications for declaring an Emergency. Only an actual disaster should be grounds for declaring an Emergency. And “disaster” means a real disaster, and one that occurs within the UK.

(2) Powers granted.

No suspension of democracy.

No suspension of Parliament. No suspension of Civil Liberties.

(3) Coalition Government. No single party dictatorship.


(4) Parliamentary Approval of the emergency by two-third vote


One may well question why any additional powers at all should be granted to the Government. We already have Acts of Parliament that were quite sufficient for World War II and the Northern Ireland troubles. Touch them up a little if necessary, but no dictatorships here in Great Britain. No !!

What can we do in a little SPARE TIME to keep our Democracy and Civil Liberties - to take the teeth out of this subversive, anti-democratic Civil Contingencies Bill?

First, know that YOU, as an individual, have a great deal of potential influence. Legislators are not accustomed to hearing from Jo Public. (In contrast, they hear from corporations all the time.) When they do hear a sincere, reasonable opinion from a member of the Public, they immediately (explicitly or implicitly) multiply by hundreds. Why? Because they calculate that one sincere person telephoned or wrote, and therefore perhaps 300 or 500 people hold the same view but lack the initiative to communicate it to them. You can have real influence, if you'll use it. Let me suggest what you can do, in just a little SPARETIME.

Make some telephone calls. Just some phone calls. We MUST contact members of the House of Lords, and members of the News Media....

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