Prime minister Tony Blair in his valedictory speech to the Labour party conference declared
I don’t want to live in a police state, or a Big Brother society or put any of our essential freedoms in jeopardy. But because our idea of liberty is not keeping pace with change in reality, those freedoms are in jeopardy.
Those freedoms are in jeopardy from him and his government that are pushing through legislation that will create a Big Brother society. He went on to say
We can only protect liberty by making it relevant to the modern world.
That is why Identity Cards using biometric technology are not a breach of our basic rights, they are an essential part of responding to the reality of modern migration and protecting us against identity fraud.
I remember when I introduced the DNA database. On it go all those who are arrested. We were told it was a monstrous breach of liberty.
But it is now matching 3,000 offences a month including last year several hundred murders, and thousands of rapes and other violent offences.
The Identity Card system that the government wants to introduce really is the foundation of the Big Brother state that Blair says he doesn’t want to live in. I can only surmise that he intends to leave the UK once it has been implemented.
