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The BBC should make look closer to home and grow some teeth and balls and challenge the horrendous and repugnant direction in which the UK government is trying to take on privacy, blanket spying on the general public, right to protest and freedom of speech.

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The last time they tried to take on the securitat was over the "dodgy dossier" in the runup to the Iraq war. They lost, quite comprehensively, and are not in a position to ever do this again.

The conservative government is already not keen on the BBC, and the press are happy to attack it to support Sky as an alternative.

Their funding is thanks to the British government[0]. So they'll do no such thing.

[0] They enforce something like a TV tax.

In UK, you have a right to privacy. As long as you are a high profile pedophile, that is.

> the horrendous and repugnant direction in which the UK government is trying to take on privacy

Well that's just your opinion. A lot of people would disagree with you.

I'm not sure a lot would...

But, but, democracy! And voting! And "representative" government!

Snarky comment aside. I definitely agree with you, and I'm often very surprised that these sorts of "controversial" topics don't actually get tested. By tested I mean, put to a referendum. Yes, that means getting the majority of the voting populace to be asked which side of the fence they're on for that specific topic/idea/law.

It's my opinion too.

That's true. There are a large number of people that truly believe that if you have nothing to hide then you don't need privacy. Many believe that our security from terrorism is worth the trade off.

On that note, please can you post your last 6 months of bank account statements on github for us all to have a look at? I'm sure you won't mind us taking a look.

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