The infamous Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) bill has now passed (Industry Standard), and an unprecedented level of surveillance of online communications will haunt anyone using e-mail in the U.K.
Once again, the British government has shown its absolute contempt for civil liberties. Once again the British people, who don’t mind ubiquitous video surveillance, have gone along.
And a great nation is sliding quickly down the slope that leads to dictatorship.