Friday, 26 March 2010

Tax inspectors are to get wide-ranging powers to open people’s post without their permission for the first time, it can disclosed.

Did you hear Alistair Darling announce this piece of repression in the Budget ?

The Stasi State is well and truly in the psyche of these incompetents running this country. It has been billed as prevention of tobacco smuggling. With the mission creep that the bureaucrats love, PCSO's will be stationed in every sorting office squeaking about national security.

3 comments:

Roger Thornhill said...

They should get a warrant.

This power is so open to abuse it is untrue.

Anyone can now get stitched up by someone sending dodgy mail to an address and it being "coincidentally" picked up, opened in private, leaked to the press and so one is nailed.

Guthrum said...

This power is so open to abuse it is untrue.

Really !

Ray said...

It's a money raising thing - the state will be nicking everyone's birthday and Christmas money. 'Legally'