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27 Nov 2008, 4:58 pm

Within 10 years it'll be like Zimbabwe, here:

Winnett and Kirkup in the Telegraph wrote:
Mr Green, who is the shadow immigration minister, was arrested at his home in Kent by counter-terrorism police officers.

The arrest follows a series of leaks to the Conservatives about Government policy, including a sensitive memorandum from the Home Office's most senior official on crime figures earlier this month.

David Cameron, the Conservative leader, is said to be "extremely angry" about the arrest and has privately accused the Government of "Stalinesque" behaviour.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/3532133/Tory-minister-Damian-Green-arrested-under-the-Official-Secrets-Acts.html



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27 Nov 2008, 7:07 pm

Mugabe owns the government, he just wants to take the country with him when he goes....



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28 Nov 2008, 1:41 pm

pakled wrote:
Mugabe owns the government, he just wants to take the country with him when he goes....

Yes, good analogy, Gordon Brown is doing the same in the UK. But just in case you really don't have a clue what I linked to, the article is about a British opposition MP being arrested, and having his house ransacked, by our police. The motive was obviously to intimidate the political opposition, as the government have been having a hard time of late with leaked documents causing them embarrassment. Although not generally reported in the mainstream media, this kind of thing has been going on for years with BNP politicians the usual target.



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28 Nov 2008, 1:52 pm

... and to think that Britain once ruled an Empire ... :roll:


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