Big Blair

Tony Blair insists his government is not building a Big Brother-style super-database. But all the talk of 'perfectly sensible' reforms and 'transformational government' masks a chilling assault on our privacy, says Steve Boggan (BBC News).

Oooh dear. I might mind a bit less if they at least shared the information they gathered about me with me. I have a feeling that's where effective action might be taken—perhaps with the help of MySociety's Freedom of Information filer and archive project?