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'A feisty and refreshing attack on human-rights orthodoxy.'
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'As useful a guide as you could want to the consequences...of a prolonged absence of proper parliamentary oversight or opposition.'
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
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The last decade has seen a frightening erosion of personal liberties and the democratic principle in Britain. CCTV everywhere, crooked MPs that can't be fired, keeping innocent DNA, EU treaties seizing chunks of British soveriegnty, councils snooping, ID cards, detention without trial, databases logging our every email/call, the right to a jury, habeas corpus etc etc etc. In a clear, concise and conspiracy-nut-free critique, Dominic Raab seeks to dissect and better understand how and why this has happened. A common argument trotted out is 'If I've got nothing to hide, why should I worry?' The answer is, generally, at the moment in our (relatively) benign (relative) democracy you needn't. BUT remember. Things can change, and as the world becomes a more difficult place in the decades ahead (global warming, end of oil etc) governments will be delighted to assert ever greater control over their populations. They will make some dumb decisions along the way, and unless we're careful, we shall have little way of stopping that in the future. Without a written constitution, we in the UK are wholly reliant on the law to protect us. The Labour government has been chipping away at the law ever since they came to power and since Lisbon, whatever the Tories may promise, many changes are effectively there to stay. Read this book, use your vote very wisely, don't say you have not been warned.
41 of 42 people found the following review helpful
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Taking historical, political, humanitarian and practical viewpoints, Dominic Raab lays out clearly what it means to be a citizen, not a suspect, in the UK.
If you need a clarifying view of the corrosive effects of the overt and stealth legislation that is gradually stripping every Briton of their hard-won liberty and historic freedoms, this is your reference work.
Raab's political bias is clearly stated, but his arguments are balanced, precise and convincing.
If you need a clarifying view of the corrosive effects of the overt and stealth legislation that is gradually stripping every Briton of their hard-won liberty and historic freedoms, this is your reference work.
Raab's political bias is clearly stated, but his arguments are balanced, precise and convincing.
35 of 37 people found the following review helpful
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I found this book particularly refreshing as it lays out the cold hard facts and exposes the truth about how our liberty has been assaulted on an unprecedented scale. Raab also talks about the implications of the nefarious 'Regulation and Investigatory Powers Act', 'the Anti-Terrorism Act' and the spurious E.U. 'human rights' and how rather than benefiting and protecting society, these new statutes and leglislations turn the very concepts of 'innocent before proven guilty', 'criminal justice', 'liberty', on its head. He shows how these acts have created a culture of criminalising the public for the most petty of misdemeaners meanwhile dangerous criminals continue to be treated with a 'softly softly' approach from the legal system, ultimately escaping any real justice. Raab exposes the shocking fact that Tony Blair effectively introduced a new 'law/statute/leglislation' for every single day he was im power for the entire duration of his being in office. Because all these draconian and oppressive new laws have been introduced drip by drip, the public failed to notice the implications. It is only now the reality of living in a totalitarian police state is dawning and that we need to act, fast - before our last remnants of liberty are snatched away.
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a good read
A well written book and one that makes you really think about getting what you wish for. This book will always be contemporary, no more so than now
Published 7 months ago by A. devlin
Essential reading
This is a well written, articulate review of the insidious diminution of long cherished rights over the past 15 years or so. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Blinkingbee
An assault on Liberty
This is an excellent publication by Dominic Raab. The book challenges your thoughts and understanding, though in a few areas I wish it could take on a few extra issues. Read more
Published on 23 May 2010 by Dr. P. Jepson
An eye-opener
A fair and reasoned assessment of the salami-slicing of the freedoms we have long accepted as being part of being British. Read more
Published on 4 Mar 2009 by Brian D
Compulsive Reading
This should be compulsory reading for every school child and local politician. Every person who is interested or involved in our legal system MUST read this book.
Published on 3 Mar 2009 by A. Irvine
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