Many stories from the last few days have concerned the threat of terrorism to the UK and the Government’s response to the perceived threat.
Two days ago during a debate in the House of Commons about the Prevention of Terrorism Bill Brian Sedgemore Labour MP for Hackney South and Shoreditch in his last speech in the house attacked the Government and his party’s backbenchers who have supported the government in their trampling of individual’s liberty.
In their defence, the Prime Minister and the Home Secretary say that they are behaving tyrannically… because they are frightened, and that the rest of us would be frightened too if only we knew what they will not tell us. They preach the politics of fear and ask us to support political incarceration on demand and punishment without trial…
How on earth did a Labour Government get to the point of creating what was described in the House of Lords hearing as a “gulag” at Belmarsh? I remind my hon. Friends that a gulag is a black hole into which people are forcibly directed without hope of ever getting out.
The full transcript of his speech is available here or the speech can be viewed as video here.
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