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Tag Archives: Monty Python

Salami tactics – the end of Democracy

Posted on Wednesday 23 July 2014 by Rob Godfrey

Last year, on a newspaper comment thread, someone called me a ‘nitwit’ because I said that civil liberties in the UK and USA are starting to resemble those found in places like China and North Korea. I’m not going to … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged civil liberties in the UK, civil liberties in the USA, Edward Snowden, Five Eyes countries, Glenn Greenwaldl, Julian Assange, Laura Poitras, London O2 Arena, Monty Python, Naomi Wolf, National Defense Authorization Act, NDAA, New Hampshire Liberty Forum, NSA, police state America, police state Britain, Python final performance, ten steps to a police state, The End of America, The Terrorism Act, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP | Leave a comment
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