Open House for Government Inspectors
25/04/07 10:59 | Personal
CPS report
I, like many others I am sure, have always been of the impression that once the front door of my house was closed I was entitled to a life of privacy and others were to respect that right. I knew if I was to engage in criminal activity, or if I were to defraud the VAT man, I was at risk of a visit from the relevant authority without first having issued an invitation. Aside from these two and a couple of others, I thought I was safe in my 'castle'. It was therefore, something of a shock that a new report from the Centre For Policy Studies highlights there are no less than 266 ways that State authorised individuals can now enter my home.

While it is tempting to immediately blame the present government, for once, it cannot all be laid at their door, as several of the newer categories have come from that ever increasing interference on our lives, the dreaded EU directive. That said, there is no doubt that domestic powers are also being granted without the appropriate debate and our personal rights are diminishing daily.

The report 'Crossing The Threshold' is interesting to read and includes a hypothetical 'A Day In The Life Of A British Subject' where an illustration of the practicalities of these powers is described on an average family day. There is also of course, a full list of the 266 laws with individual descriptions.

Give it a read and sleep easier at night........not!!
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