We live in very dangerous times, and the state police now appear to be everywhere watching our every move.
A new piece of legislation, “The Covert Human Intelligence Sources Bill” has gained large condemnation from civil rights campaigners and activists involved in campaigning against things which Governments such as the one that we now unfortunately have support or want to push through without due scrutiny, debate or legal sanction. The arguments and background are put forward in this Guardian article.
“Covert intelligence can be authorised to “prevent disorder” and to promote “the interests of economic wellbeing of the UK” as well as to protect national security.”
But this list does not just apply to MI5 and the security services or even just plod. It encompasses a wide range of authorities and quangos, who would if this Bill becomes law, be given unprecedented powers to spy and acquire information from Joe public. Quite why some of these are on the list is baffling, as are the powers that they would be able to have. This BBC piece lists the agencies, and one in particular I find very intriguing.
I am baffled as to what criminal actions that the EA would be sanctioned to undertake. Perhaps as the biggest polluter to the environment in the country, this law is to avoid them being criminally liable for such, or perhaps attempting to make them immune from civil litigation regards their disastrous flood alleviation scheme failures?
Are the EA operatives going to be encouraged to sleep with waste tippers or have affairs with their wives in order to get to the nitty gritty as to what they are hiding in their dirty drawers?
Or are these soldiers of the state really being seconded to spy on the public, those who object to planning applications, those who defend ancient woodlands from the scum of HS2 Limited, and of course those who ask questions about “what’s in my backyard” , that they already appear to have obfuscated material from. Can the EA now just lie that they do not hold any Environmental Information , even when they do in FOI requests? The use of such undercover agents has been used before to gain information about environmental protest groups, and animal rights activists, as this excellent expose reveals, to devastating consequences for those who trusted these agents of the state. The Metropolitan Police unleashed sexual predators who manipulated and coercively controlled several women and had to pay them compensation. .
Could the same tactics now be made lawful, and for a range of other agencies like the EA? And how far for Queen Lizzy and country are they sanctioned to go to protect esoteric civil service information? Murder? 🙁
Of course conversely, it could be the case that industrial plants have been placed inside the EA or even criminals to water down environmental protection. You would certainly think so from the things that I have seen and heard about. 😉 Send in AC-12 to root em out.
So to any environmental campaigners out there, this Halloween or going forward in these dystopian times, watch out in case the EA’s stealthy assassins are waiting to get you with pointy tits underneath the high vis, or hiding a sharp dagger or cutting tool concealed in podgy chest waders……I’m sure they are very well trained 😆