Stop trying to balance liberty with security
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By Tim Black
From the countless amendments and additions to the Counter Terrorism Act to the ever-expanding Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, there’s no doubting that British anti-terrorist legislation since 9/11 now constitutes a mightily oppressive edifice.
Under the powers granted to the state over the past ten years, we can be imprisoned on the basis of so-called inciteful speech, we can be detained without charge for days upon end, we can be held under de facto house arrest, we c...
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