Former M15 Chief fears police state.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7893890.stm

Wow, you know when someone like that says it, it really has to be true.
I give her 2 hours max before the black bag men come for her

[pollaxe]

Well it's not as if such powers would be misused to, say, remove an extremely old man from a Labour Party conference, is it? Oh wait..

She's right but it's also a case of shutting the stable door once the horse has bolted...

[samcross]

I give her 2 hours max before the black bag men come for her

[Saracen]

Well it's not as if such powers would be misused to, say, remove an extremely old man from a Labour Party conference, is it? Oh wait..

She's right but it's also a case of shutting the stable door once the horse has bolted...

Or to arrest someone for walking on a cycle path. I mean, lock 'er up for good. Or better yet, the death penalty. I mean, walking on a cycle path - what a terrorist. A clear threat to society.

[directhex]

You rang?

[schmunk]

I give her 2 hours max before the black bag men come for her

[steve threlfall]

Sam and Hex

You're not allowed to take photos of the police now either. Just in case they happen to be beating someo... i mean in order to stop terrorism.

Outside without your ID card? You're going to be black-bagged

[G4Z]

Good on her for speaking out and speaking such good sense as well. Maybe she should stand to be an MP, I would vote for her on the strength of that article alone.

[Moby-Dick]

Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin van-guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition.
The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous.
Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V.

Viva el V

[MadduckUK]

not the same written down tbh

[Moby-Dick]

I know - its one of my favourite bits of film monologue of all time.

[Fatboy40]

Or to arrest someone for walking on a cycle path.

... or to force a potential pub landlord to install CCTV

She fears a police state ?, too late I'm afraid as it's allready happened.

[l33t-krew]

Damn. Its kinda scary. Im not against a fascist state, except this one doesnt have any of my beliefs >_>

**** lol

[samcross]

Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin van-guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition.
The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous.
Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V.

Viva el V

Now I really want to watch that film. *pops DVD in*

[imshimaru]

I bet she didn't have too much of an issue with the state of things while she was still in control

[badass]

I know - its one of my favourite bits of film monologue of all time.

Mine too. That said, I loved the whole film.