Too little, too late

The latest in a long line of authoritarian Home Secretaries, Jacqui Smith, has decided to loosen up a little on the restrictive cloak that covers the UK. The BBC faithfully report their master's voice and inform us that:

"Councils in England and Wales should not use surveillance powers for minor offences such as allowing dogs to foul pavements, the home secretary has said.

Jacqui Smith was speaking as the Home Office launched a review of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act.

The act allows the use of methods such as hidden cameras to detect crimes such as benefit fraud but councils have been accused of targeting minor offences.

The Tories and Lib Dems say Ripa is a "snoopers' charter" which needs reform. "

Too little, too late Jacqui and the same goes for your predecessors who have turned a once free Country into a database state where the public are under surveillance more than they would be in any other Country but where crime keeps rising - well done this Labour government, you have proved to be even more inept than I thought possible.