Hi Andre, > "The Intelligence and Security Committee, the parliamentary watchdog of > the > intelligence and security agencies which has a cross-party membership > from > both Houses, wants to press ministers to introduce legislation that > would > prevent news outlets from reporting stories deemed by the Government to > be > against the interests of national security. > > Andre: > > 'Leftist' governments come aroud every so often, the bureacracy they > inherit > and have to work with (being Permanent Public Servants) are arch > conservative, [lefty only by name], have loads of money (therefore loads > to > lose) and want to keep things the way they are with minimum fuss and > maximum > profits to themselves and their kind/benefactors/business associates etc > etc. > > My hunch is that it is they who are pressuring the ministers. > > Just another angle.
Thanks. A perceptive insight. No doubt you're right, except for bureaucrats being "arch conservative." They are conservative in the sense they don't like change. But since they are in favor of big government enforcing ever broader regulations, they are leftists. We on the right want smaller government and less regulation. Platt Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
