No logical defence of the policy, no appeal to patriotism and national security, no local hero with passionate campaigning skills... Instead, the Labour Party have co-opted a Murdoch minion and, through him, are trying to co-opt the Sun and the rest of News International.
I suppose it's consistent: MacKenzie is surely all in favour of oppressive surveillance - he has repeatedly used bugging, blackmail and the deliberate destruction of an individual's private life in pursuit of profit and to further his owner's political agenda.
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Date: 2008-06-13 06:24 pm (UTC)That's all that Labour can do? All of it?
No logical defence of the policy, no appeal to patriotism and national security, no local hero with passionate campaigning skills... Instead, the Labour Party have co-opted a Murdoch minion and, through him, are trying to co-opt the Sun and the rest of News International.
I suppose it's consistent: MacKenzie is surely all in favour of oppressive surveillance - he has repeatedly used bugging, blackmail and the deliberate destruction of an individual's private life in pursuit of profit and to further his owner's political agenda.
If he gets in, he'll make a wonderful Whip.