The intelligence centre(Intelligence? From this government, some mistake I am sure in that name) will store names, addresses, telephone numbers, seat reservations, travel itineraries and credit card details of travellers.Apparently this is to keep us safe from Johnny Terrorist and to help stop criminals carrying out their naughty deeds.
As we have quite enough home grown terrorists, what with the Tipton Taliban, Omar Bakri, Abu Hamza etc etc that they need not really bother with that.
But and this is a rather good one, whilst the state gathers more information on us, we find that the tubby expense fiddling Speaker of House of Commons is blocking the release of information about MPs international travel paid for by the British Council.
The dispute erupted after Alda Barry, the Commons Registrar of Members' Interests, ruled that MPs should not have to declare details of trips they make abroad as guests of the British Council, a taxpayer-funded body.
Since February 2007, 12 MPs have travelled overseas with the British Council to destinations including Thailand, India and Malawi, often at a cost of thousands of pounds.
MPs must normally declare any hospitality they receive from outside organisations, and the British Council does not appear on a list of bodies whose gifts are exempt from the requirement.Still I wonder how long it will be before some state official uses the new database for criminal activity or some pin striped fuckwit loses it? As it holds our credit card details my money - quite literally - may be funding the lifestyle of a Nigerian criminal due to government ineptitude.
Another expensive mess from the PM who is so fat he reminds one of a foir gras goose, as he was called recently the "one eyed Scottish idiot" - © Jeremy Clarkson
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