Civil liberties groups breathed a sigh of relief yesterday after news broke that Nick Clegg would be effectively vetoing the "snoopers charter". The bill proposed by Home Secretary Theresa May would have given sweeping new powers to the police and intelligence community. It would allow them to log the online data of everyone in the UK, recording what websites we visit, when we visited them, who we message etc.! Many people were horrified by the proposal calling it an affront to civil liberties, Conservative MP Dominic Raab called it "Orwellian". The refusal of Labour, Lib Dems and many Conservative MPs meant the proposal was dead in the water.
Nick Clegg has rejected the allegation that this was another example of the rift between the two governing parties, pointing out that the proposal had never been in the Coalition Agreement. Yet with the three year anniversary just around the corner, we already can see massive fault-lines between the two parties. Some have actually predicted that the coalition will not last until the next election in 2015! We'll have to wait and see.
Nick Clegg has rejected the allegation that this was another example of the rift between the two governing parties, pointing out that the proposal had never been in the Coalition Agreement. Yet with the three year anniversary just around the corner, we already can see massive fault-lines between the two parties. Some have actually predicted that the coalition will not last until the next election in 2015! We'll have to wait and see.
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| Theresa May's bill has been shot down source: www.guardian.co.uk |
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