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		fullspectrumdev on April 26, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: UK's Investigatory Powers Bill to become law despi... It means spying on members of parliament requires a significantly higher level of authorisation than spying on a normal citizen. One law for them, another for us.

BriggyDwiggs42 on April 27, 2024 | [–]

That is utterly mindblowing. Parliamentarians should be more closely surveilled if the concern is national security.

denton-scratch on April 26, 2024 | [–]

That clause stood out to me too.

This sounds like a huge step back towards Spycatcher territory, where MI5 thought it was their job to undermine the Labour Party, because they were all communists.

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