Quote of the day
“The Home Office loads ever more powers on the police, and seeks to turn its anti-terrorist and anti-corruption officers into a new kind of FBI. Then it runs away when these characters start barging into MPs’ homes and offices. Who’s really in charge?”
- Jackie Ashley, commenting on the Damian Green story in today’s Guardian
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The problem with that analysis is that the British police are already FAR less accountable than the FBI, or any other law enforcement agency in the US.
It certainly seems that way. The FBI are forced to justify what they do (in theory) whereas the police appear to have a carte blanche, judging by what has happened with Damien Green.