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Title: Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs !
Post by: Uncle Mort on November 30, 2007, 02:07:09 PM

Sometimes you read something that totally surprises and this:
 Police can no longer bug clients  (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7121090.stm)
did it for me.

I would have said that the police or anyone else could never ever legally eavesdrop and record conversations between a solicitor and their client.

I'm shocked  eeek:

Title: Re: Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs !
Post by: Barman on November 30, 2007, 02:19:03 PM

Quote from: Uncle Mort on November 30, 2007, 02:07:09 PM

Sometimes you read something that totally surprises and this:
 Police can no longer bug clients  (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7121090.stm)
did it for me.

I would have said that the police or anyone else could never ever legally eavesdrop and record conversations between a solicitor and their client.

I'm shocked  eeek:

eeek:
Well I never...

Title: Re: Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs !
Post by: Snoopy on November 30, 2007, 04:25:00 PM

By 'eck ~ tha' could've knocked me down wi a racing pigeon when I read that.  whistle:

Title: Re: Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs !
Post by: Uncle Mort on November 30, 2007, 04:34:23 PM

Exactly! I'm glad you all agree with me.

Title: Re: Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs !
Post by: Snoopy on November 30, 2007, 04:39:20 PM

Well I accepted that they listened in ~ who wouldn't given half a chance but I hadn't realised they could do it legally. Mind it is Nor'n Ireland and some things are different with the laws over there.

Title: Re: Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs !
Post by: Uncle Mort on November 30, 2007, 04:50:48 PM

They did things differently in N.I. because they were fighting 'terrorists' A very handy catch-all to enable the authorities to take away our rights.

Title: Re: Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs !
Post by: The Moan Ranger on November 30, 2007, 05:15:29 PM

UM, are you implying that the IRA weren't terrorists?

Title: Re: Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs !
Post by: Snoopy on November 30, 2007, 05:20:29 PM

Quote from: The Moan Ranger on November 30, 2007, 05:15:29 PM

UM, are you implying that the IRA weren't terrorists?

I suspect he is saying that the police claim to need a "special" law in order to fight terrorists or some other particular crime and, having got it, they cheerfully use their new power for any and everything they can.

A bit like the extradition agreement (treaty) with the Yanks that was all about fighting terrorism and has so far been used against three bankers for something that wasn't even considered an offence in the UK and several others of a similar nature. I have yet to hear of anyone being extradited on terrorist charges.

Title: Re: Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs !
Post by: The Moan Ranger on November 30, 2007, 05:29:27 PM

You should be in the Diplomatic Corps, Beagle!

Title: Re: Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs !
Post by: Snoopy on November 30, 2007, 05:34:37 PM

WOT!

I don't live in Reading y'know.  lol:

Title: Re: Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs !
Post by: The Moan Ranger on November 30, 2007, 05:37:54 PM

I don't think anyone can actually "live" in Reading - they merely have a roof over their head there. For me, it is just an ugly stain on the otherwise quite nice M4.

Title: Re: Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs !
Post by: Snoopy on November 30, 2007, 05:40:41 PM

I confess I haven't been to or through Reading in years. Used to change trains there a lot in my RAF days but nowhere is at its best at 3am en route back to camp from leave.