Gordon Brown’s state of terror

Published: November 16, 2007, 3:50 am

Tags: big brother, police state, social engineering

The UK prime minister’s vision for counterterrorism would involve reorganising the whole of society around precaution and fear. Spiked Nov 15, 2007 by Bill Durodi The British prime minister's announcement of new security measures, and his promotion of wide-ranging new partnerships to root out extremism in the United Kingdom, confirms that counterterrorism is fast becoming one of the main organising principles of society in the twenty-first century. Gordon Brown used the annual security statement to parliament to announce a wide range of new proposals for combating terrorism. In a packed House of Commons, he presented both hard measures increased surveillance, checks, barriers and monitoring as well as softer ones designed to win the hearts and minds of those who might be tempted by terror. On the same day, a related article by him in the tabloid Sun newspaper, entitled I need YOUR help to beat terrorists', sought to drive the message home. This was, he

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