The six-week consultation closes on 10 November...
...at the moment the clocks strike thirteen.
UK spy oversight body updates rules to include right of appeal
The UK government is planning a number of “significant” changes to the rules governing spy oversight body the Investigatory Powers Tribunal. The IPT, the only judicial body that can hear complaints against spies, was established under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act back in 2000. Seventeen years on, the government …
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Tuesday 10th October 2017 00:45 GMT Captain DaFt
Re: The six-week consultation closes on 10 November...
Of course, the word "consultation" could be interpreted very broadly...
I thought that in cases like this, the meaning is very precise:
"Listen only to those that either tell us what we want to hear, or tell us what we told them to say."
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Monday 9th October 2017 11:36 GMT Anonymous Coward
That is the idea
So the idea they have is that you can appeal against actions taken against you that you wont be informed to, behind closed doors and no documents. They call this democracy, but somehow it seems as democratic as the democratic republic of germany.. somehow we said that was bad and we say our own is good.
Yet people continue to vote for this, so they sadly agree.
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Monday 9th October 2017 12:04 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re: That is the idea
That's the crux of this, nobody voted for it. I don't remember any manifesto containing any of this and there is no manifesto against it so in reality we are stuck with successive governments adding more powers that are open to abuse the general population and there isn't anything we can do about it. Even the "supposed" intended aim of these powers is not even looking like being resolved any time soon or ever for that matter. I hope at some point someone calls out one of these politicians when they next claim that we live in a democracy because we most certainly do not.
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Tuesday 10th October 2017 00:56 GMT Captain DaFt
Re: Actually...
A c*ck ring would work on a eunuch. That's not the bit that gets cut off. The bit that remains still has its hydraulics.
Depends, sometimes the whole kit is removed. I'll spare you the gory details, and just post the last step before bandaging:
"A goose quill was inserted in Sun’s urethra to prevent it getting blocked as the wound healed." from "The Last Eunuch Of China" by Yinghua Jia
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Monday 9th October 2017 14:35 GMT Harry Stottle
Appeal Schemeil
Until they facilitate giving a publicly trusted independent auditor access, on demand, to an immutable audit trail revealing everything that took place, when and why, its all Accountability Theatre
Biting the hand that feeds IT
