I don't believe it is so much about liberal politics, but the governmental desire for the police to be more about enforcing governmental policies, even if they go against natural law, that being the police have to do government stuff first and foremost before and if they have time to help the public.
The police, those on the ground at the front line have to do as they are told by the superiors, who answer to superiors and superiors right upto I guess Her Madge, as if the government fails to get a grip, I can bet the Queen will become involved if her office is not already, as what is happening can be seen as a failure of governmental policy.
A good question to ask a policeperson, are they a police officer or a policeman or woman, and do they know the difference between the two, for there is a difference, a difference which is becoming more apparent to many as time passes, and particularly in difficult times.
How often do you hear the term constable these days, the word constable meaning justice of the peace, what does a police officer mean, policy official or even policy enforcement official perchance ?
See what I am getting at ?
United Kingdom
George Churchill-Coleman, who headed Scotland Yard's anti-terrorist squad in the United Kingdom, expressed his opinion that Britain was moving in the direction of a police state,[14] with biometric identity cards,[15][16] mass surveillance and detention without trial all having been introduced by the government. However, the Identity Cards Act 2006 has now been repealed (by the Identity Documents Act 2010). The UK has been described as "the most surveilled country" in the world.[17] Protests within a half-mile radius of the Houses of Parliament are illegal in the UK unless authorised by the Metropolitan Police.[18] Leading politicians have been arrested under conditions of secrecy.[19] Claims of police state behaviour have been dismissed by the UK government.[20]
According to Wikipedia (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_state)
Now, if the actual police are saying this, just what does that say and if these riots become more violent or greater in intensity, the government can implement special measures which might put us all in the poo, one wonders if there are some that would actually like and welcome a totalitarian regime in this country?
Now, I have an interest in words and their origin, etymology, and one thing I have learned, is although generally accepted meanings may change through the years, the original meaning is often used in law, so I say, watch what is happening and be aware of the words used by Cameron and his gimp, what the majority might hear, he could mean very different.
Just to illustrate, how easily can the word terrorist be applied ?
Freedom fighter ?
Political activist ?
When either of the above becomes terrorist is the point where the authority says it is.
