Monday, August 20, 2012

Time for Nick Clegg to speak out on civil liberties

Two reports in today's Guardian caught my eye:
  • The government's plan to establish a new generation of secret courts has sparked fresh controversy after it emerged that the fact that a hearing is to be held behind closed doors may itself be kept secret.
  • Fresh consideration is to be given to the introduction of airport-style mass security screening at mainline rail stations and across London's tube network.
These stories may well be nonsense, but wouldn't it be great to hear Nick Clegg telling us so?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

"The government's plan to establish a new generation of secret courts has sparked fresh controversy after it emerged that the fact that a hearing is to be held behind closed doors may itself be kept secret."

Look on the bright side. At least the fact that the fact that a hearing is to be held behind closed doors may itself be kept secret is not itself going to be kept secret.