THE Archbishop of York will today warn Britain risks 'coming close to a police state'?

Question

THE Archbishop of York will today warn Britain risks 'coming close to a police state',i totally agree with his statement. between, id cards, detention without charge time limit increasing and the many many other laws, im starting to feel that i live in a third world dictatorship rather then the bastion of civil liberties that england once was,does anyone agree

Answer 1

As usual Dr Sentamu is spot on as he was about the elite suppressing our Christian heritage . This country is now run by Neo Communists who serve Brussels and soon England will be chopped into regions if we don't have a counter revolution. It came to this over time with a left wing elite taking over certain institutions like universities and schools and spreading there philosophy which is anti British , anti religion and neo Marxist and supportive of the European project. These new security measures are to stop dissent when the next stage in the dismantling of our democracy and the sell out to Brussels is announced.

Answer 2

Of course 'blitzhund' is technically correct in his description of a police state and that compared to say the former East Germany we(Britain) are not there yet . On the issue of ID cards I think all the bombers in London last year were British born and would have been entitled to ID cards so in themselves ID cards do not prevent crime/terrorism. It's all the increased surveillance into our everyday lives that that worries me. New valuation officers have been appointed to survey our homes for the community charge. They will be able to enter our homes virtually at will and probe every nook and cranny and they are to be largely unidentified to the general public.Of course we are not yet a police state but in the last ten years we have had restrictions on our liberties as never before.
Since the Archbishop of York has personal experience of a repressive regime in Uganda under Idi Amin I think he knows more than most people about the subject.

Answer 3

Well, some of the things you mention are a reaction to problems. It's just that in some western countries the police would have nipped things in the bud with their nightsticks, but we did'nt want that did we? What gets on my nerves in the undermining of reasonable self sufficiency by the true nanny state. It's like when aid to a third world world country stops short at handouts. People naturally enough say thanks, consume what is given and don't progress.

Answer 4

Britain is no longer a democracy. There are only two parties who ever get into power and they just take it in turns to have 15 year stints f***ing up the country. Until the rules are changed concerning the funding of political parties so that it is possible for minority parties to get decent funding and exposure this will not change. Of course it's not in the interests of Tony's cronies or the other lot to change the rules, so it will never happen. Wecome to Great Britain a two party dictatorship!!!

Answer 5

Thanks to the book "1984" by George Orwell, Britian will be one of the last nations to become a police state... we are all so scared of "Big Brother" that we are over run by "Big Criminal".

The intelligence of our "masses" is no better than as described in Shakespear's "Julius Caesar".

Our children are no longer taught "What's right" they are taught "What their Rights are", and how to get what they want regardless of the consequences to everyone else, hence the proliferation of ASBO's.

Sure we have camera's every where, which still can't keep up with the terrorists and "everyday" criminals in our society. ~Even our prisons can't provide places. Full jails in a "Police State" are inhabited by a majority of political prisoners, and Britian must have the lowest such population, ignoring the sophistry used by terrorist groups of course.

We are not a police state, and if anything we are still moving in the opposite direction.

Answer 6

We are almost there already! We are the most watched and spied upon, the State 'nannies' us over almost everything, taxes the brains out of us, and treats us like a bunch of kids. If there is a problem somewhere, ban something. Don't treat the illness, treat the symptom. Britain is no longer a bastion of Civil Liberties.
We are no longer a 'Free' nation. Big Brother is here, and not just on TV!

Answer 7

Yes got a lot of Time for the Archbishop. He talks commen sense. The Church of England has at last got someone in touch with the people.

Answer 8

What are we willing to do or even give up to assure the existence of all Nation and creeds. Our society today has become a risk to even go to places that you would go to before without a second thought.When you do go to these high profile famous public and private sights, you can see first hand that the police state has started a while back.

Answer 9

The alternative is to let the Islamic terrorist take over.
Please go and live for a few days in Pakistan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Sudan etc. etc.
Have you ever thought why the civil liberties are eroding?

Answer 10

Tam, if you are following the laws how does carrying an ID card impune on your rights?

If you are law abiding how does the increased detention time affect you?

The UK is far from a police state as I've stated in numerous other Y! Answers threads.

A police state definition: A state in which the government exercises rigid and repressive controls over the social, economic, and political life of the people, especially by means of a secret police force.

What part of the above definition applies to the UK?
Does the government impose rigid and (keyword) repressive controls on your economic wellbeing, what about your social life? Aren't you free to vote (or not vote) for whom you choose?
What 'secret' police force is operating against it's own citizens here in the UK? If a police officer or MI5 so much as sneezes improperly here there is a huge inquiry.

There is no, nor will there be shortly, a police state in the United Kingdom.