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On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 14:12:15 GMT, axel@white-eagle.invalid.uk wrote:

>In uk.legal AlanG <invalid@invalid.com> wrote:
>>>Suppose he ain't gonna repeal it, what then?
>
>> Indeed.
>> I only voted labour once in the hope they would roll back the years of
>> tory legislation. Boy but what a shock I got.
>
>The un-funny thing is that the Tories despite their posturing in
>Parliament would enact the exact same laws.
>
>I realise we might be miles away in our political philosophy
>but bizarrely enough I agree with you on so many things...
>perhaps you should look at third positionism... neither
>communism nor capitalism.
>

Well this is being read in UK.legal but my posts in uk.p.m have
mostly made my position clear. I recognise a certain amount of
socialism is needed for a state to function. The problem being in
deciding how much and then limiting the state's powers to exceed that.
The police are a socialist function within the state and a necessary
one. But giving them the powers they have now and taking away all
local control as well is very dangerous for freedom and the democratic
process. We have the makings of a praetorian guard mixed with Judge
Dredd. Very scary.