Nothing to hide, nothing to fear (or should I say "only those with something to hide will complain") Same thing I suppose.
Well noxy, dear sir, I agree with you that Blair is a waste of space with an incredibly ugly dog of a wife, but I really do not see the problem.
Criminals are only defined as such through convictions. With conviction rates for court cases running at about 18 percent, and arrest rates for crimes running at about 3 percent, there are a hell of a lot of bad people out there not in the system.
The police, and any decent standing member of the community, have a damned good idea who the felons are. With human rights an all time high and devices meant to detect crime being more the opposite (i.e it wasn't on CCTV, he must be innocent) the criminal is walking scot free.
I see your argument, I really do but if this becomes law, I am certain the folks involved are already well known to the police and local authorities.
Also, and this next statement make be mocked, there is nothing wrong with the professional hunch. I have interrogated Irish nationalist, arab insurgents and various militia on the basis of professional hunches, some of which were my own. All of them proved positive in the defence of this country.
Further, the fraud side of things and the sharing of information. . More money is lost in the UK from the by the tax fraudulent rich than by the dole peasants, the immigrants and the wasters put together.
I am not a wealthy man noxy, but on paper have a good few mil in property etc. I really do not have any problem with the authorities looking in to my finances. I know I am well above board. When I deposited 80k in a very old account once I had a knock on the door from Special Branch. We drank coffee and it was fine. This was post 9/11 and post the Money Laundering Act. I understand the system.
I shall happily leave the