Yes...

Appalling!

The European Socialist Nanny State in Britain Marches On...

Just the sort of regime Barack Obama and his coterie of Left-Wing Loonies
want to saddle the United States with.

Creeping, Coddling & Oozing...

But so many Brits are drinking the Kool Aid and don't see how their freedoms 
are slipping away.
-- 
DSH
Lux et Veritas et Libertas
Vires et Honor
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The march of the Big Brother state under Labour was highlighted last
night as it was revealed that there are now 1,043 laws that give the
authorities the power to enter a home or business.

Nearly half have been introduced since Labour came to power 11 years
ago. They include the right to:

• Invade your home to see if your pot plants have pests or do not have
a 'plant passport' (Plant Health England Order 2005).

• Survey your home and garden to see if your hedge is too high (Anti-
Social Behaviour Act 2003).

• Check that accommodation given to asylum seekers is not being lived
in by non-asylum seekers (Immigration and Asylum Act 1999).

• Raid a house to check if unlicensed gambling is taking place
(Gambling Act 2005 Inspection Regulations 2007).

• Seize fridges without the correct energy rating (Energy Information
Household Refrigerators and Freezers Regulations 2004).

The rise in clipboard-wielding state inspectors flies in the face of
repeated pledges by Ministers to curb the power of bureaucrats.

The full extent of the state's 'powers of entry' is revealed in
documents slipped out quietly by the Government last week.

The information was posted on the Home Office website, but in a highly
unusual move, the computer file was locked to prevent it being copied
or printed. A secret Home Office password was required to access the
file.

A Home Office spokeswoman denied the restrictions were an attempt to
stop the state's powers being circulated more widely.

She claimed it was a 'mistake' and the file would be unlocked
tomorrow.

Some 420 new powers of entry are the product of laws introduced since
1997. A further 16 are in laws due to be approved by Parliament in the
next few weeks.

A recent study by the Centre for Policy Studies think-tank warned that
the 'proliferation and variety' of such laws mean householders can no
longer 'realistically be aware' of their rights and legal obligations.

Gordon Brown last year announced a review of 'powers of entry' laws
and said they would be subjected to a 'liberty test' to stop abuses by
the state.

However, new powers set to be approved by Parliament include
inspecting for non-human genetic material, for looted cultural
property from Iraq and for 'undeclared' carbon dioxide, as well as
enforcing bin tax.

Town hall 'bin police' already have the right to enter homes, take
photographs, seize contents of bins, and 'investigate as required'.

Householders can be fined up to £5,000 if they refuse entry or
'obstruct' an official.

Shadow Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said: 'Day by day under
Labour, the rights and liberties of law-abiding citizens are being
eroded.'

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