jogobom

I'm a member of Liberty and so it's not surprising that I take note when politicians start discussing the slow development of the UK into a surveillance state. I'm always interested by the sheer cheek of justifying the erosion of civil liberties by saying it is actually to protect liberties (as Gordon Brown did in this example).

I also refer you to this recent Unspeak post, which picks on some further dubious arguments made by senior ministers.

My initial liking for Mr. Brown has certainly ebbed away since his early days in office. Over the months I've noticed that his method of debate largely amounts to "I think you'll find you're wrong". I've yet to hear him win somebody over through logical discourse and he certainly can't do it through passionate appeal like Blair could.