BP-5071B

RETAILERS UNDER THE KNIFE

Retailers are being cut into by the gov't to fund a raft of their plans - especially those to boost growth. But growth in retail has just been knifed as M&S tell us. So where is the logic - if there is any?

GOVERNMENT

Madness

BP-5072C

KITCHEN KNIFE BAN

People will say - this proves it. For a gov't to entertain such an idea proves it's lost the plot and is incapable of basic thought. If someone wants to kill then they will - knife or no knife. Looking deeper might help?

GOVERNMENT

Madness

BP-5074D

YOU ARE SPIED ON - OK?

All this sounds very futuristic and sci-fi like - but appears to be current tech - or almost. But what's the point of surveillance of people? Control, profit or worse? Why is there no open debate on these things?

GOVERNMENT

Surveillance

PX-5062B

STARMER: THE WORST YET?

He's described as a Human Rights lawyer - although doesn't act like one. He seems so innocent and unlike any tyrant from the last century. But is he really a wolf in sheep's clothing? A Fabian perhaps?

GOVERNMENT

Tyranny

BP-5063D

GOV'T TAKEOVER OF COUNCILS

They say simpler and more efficient. One logic can see that's possible. Another logic sees it differently. It looks like one Ring [or Mayor in this case] To Rule Them All. Is this really a plan for more gov't control?

GOVERNMENT

Power Grab