Yes, both parties are that bad.
The dumbest thing about this is you create a single attack vector for nation state enemies who we know now all have the facilites to exploit this.
You might as well just turn the lights off and hand Russia, China, Iran, N. Korea the keys.
If I read this correctly (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_t...) there are twelve parties in Westminster
can you elaborate?
This is the sort of terrible throwaway law that results from lame-duck governments.
My understanding is this bill will have cross party support and has been in development for many many years.
It might be politically expedient to abandon it at some point, but the mainstream media largely have completely ignored it and the public have little knowledge of it but at all
It's much easier to whip the right-wing into a frenzy when the government is not their natural friend.
Labour's official stance is this and related bills don't go far enough.