The Consenting Adults Action Network (CAAN) is holding is organising a protest against the kinky porn law that will criminalise a victimless thoughtcrime

For those who want to support the NO2ID Nine who were arrested for protesting against ID Cards and the database state there is now a Facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=18114904242
If anyone would like to contribute to their defence fund the information on how to do this is here:
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=18114904242&topic=5186

Contractor UK is amongst those highlighting a new report that shows the annual cost of the surveillance state to be around £800 per household:
http://www.contractoruk.com/news/003867.html
That’s a lot of money we pay for the “privilege” of being spied on. The full report can be downloaded from the TPA website:
http://tpa.typepad.com/waste/files/the_cost_of_big_brother_government.pdf

First hand accounts from two of those arrested during yesterday’s Edinburgh protest against ID Card plans:
http://jameshammerton.blogspot.com/2008/07/no2id-nine.html
http://forum.no2id.net/viewtopic.php?t=23102

Did you know that the Home Office is currently in the process of a public “consultation” on plans for Identity Cads and a huge, intrusive National Identity Register (NIR)? No, nor did I. Makes you wonder how much they really want our input.
The consultation ends TODAY (June 30th 2008) so please respond. Otherwise they’ll [...]

The BBC reports that councils in England have been warned not to overuse their powers under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA, the “snoopers’ charter”). Powers originally intended for use against terrorists and oganised crime are increasingly being used for trivial offences such as dog fouling and littering.

The Labour party has admitted that it will not be putting up a candidate to fight against David Davis in the Haltemprice & Howden by-election. Since the focus of the election campaign will be the state of civil liberties in Britain, I can only conclude that Labour are afraid of discussing the subject.
David Davis had [...]

Davis Davis has launched a website to promote his civil liberties based campaign for the Haltemprice & Howden by-election: David Davis For Freedom

The BBC is reporting a major security breach: top secret intelligence files have been found left on a train.
It seems that a passenger on a train at Waterloo station in South London found an abandoned envelope on a seat. Inside were a Top Secret Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) report on al-Qaeda’s capabilities and the situation [...]

The House of Commons has just shamefully voted in favour of allowing 42 day internment without charge for possibly innocent British citizens. The vote was reportedly only won with the assistance of the DUP MPs who decided at the last minute to support the government.
This is a big win for Gordon Brown. It’s a big [...]