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Coronavirus: State surveillance 'a price worth paying' (bbc.co.uk)
3 points by GordonS on April 28, 2020 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



>×The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI), founded by the former prime minister, says it could offer an "escape route" from the crisis.

> In a report, the Institute argues the public must accept a level of intrusion that would normally "be out of the question in liberal democracies".

It appears that, as expected, the UK government is now trying to use COVID-19 to their advantage, and fairly brazenly at that.

And seriously, who the hell would trust anything with Tony Blair's name attached to it?!




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