There seems to be a much livelier spirit among United Kingdom parliamentarians and a willingess to swing the shovel now and again in matters of principle. Civil liberties-- and the frequent nervousness of the polity on growing infringements of them by newer and newer legislation -- is one of those matters of principle.
On this side of the pond we can only hope that it is contagious.
It is interesting that this opinion should be expressed now. The new leader and prime minister has yet to be installed, MP’s seem to be just as perkily vigilant on the subject of civil liberties as they were during recent but earlier times when other proposed intrusions on basic freedoms were being championed by Prime Minister Blair --a powerful, committed and persuasive Prime Minister acting when the memory of 7/7 was much fresher -- failed to sell them in the face of revolt within his own caucus, when he could not convince backbenchers of their merit.
Mr. Meacher, then, seems to be drawing the line early.
The question is, is be being necessarily pre-emptive of a substantial threat to the current, apparently balanced civil liberties regime in the United Kingdom or is –necessarily or not—only being pre-emptive of Mr. Brown
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