when the Chinese international news agency reports that Britain has the longest period for detention without trial of any democracy, including Turkey. And the government wants to extend it.
[P.S. 21 Nov: but Alex Carlisle is unimpressed by Liberty.]
You don't wake up one morning in a dictatorship. There are a thousand little betrayals and moments of cowardice. Zygmunt Bauman, who knows a little about dictatorships, has written well on 'rationality' and bureaucracy... And is a damn nice guy to boot...
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