Assistant Commissioner Bob Quick, Metropolitan Police anti-terror ’supremo’ ‘promptly’ resigned yesterday after he was photographed outside 10 Downing St clutching a top secret document listing UK Al Qaeda suspects atop a sheaf of papers. “YOU CAN’T QUIT QUICKER THAN A THICK QUICK QUITTER” screamed the Sun, referencing the cheery advertising slogan of KwikFit, a tyres [...]
By John Kelly
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Posted in Global security, Law and order, Political spin, UK politics, War on Terror, extradition, multiculturalism
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Also tagged 2005 prevention of Terrorism Act, Al Qaeda, Assistant Commissioner Bob Quick, Bob Quick, Damian Green MP, Dartford plot, Easter shoppers suicide bomb plot, expenses enquiry, G20 protests, governing by fear, Ian Tomlinson, Islamic terrorism, Jacqui Smith, Jacqui Smith should resign, John J Kelly, John Moores University, Kashmir, Lashkar-e-Toiba, Liverpool, Man Utd Suicide Bomb Plot, Manchester police, Murdoch, Peshawar, Phil Woolas, politics of fear, Ricin plot, Taliban, terrorism, The Sun, Thick Quick Quitter, Tony Blair, UK anti-terror chief resigns, UK government spin, UK Home Secretary, Uk student visas, War on Terror
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December 19, 2008 – 7:27 pm
ZD Net reported that Delaware-registered adware company Phorm (THUS passim) has lost its UK CEO, Hugo Drayton, who leaves the company ‘by mutual agreement’ at the end of December. Lyn Millar, Finance Director has also resigned. They have been replaced by London-based deputy chief executive officer Nan Richards, and UK managing director Nick Barnett. Richards [...]
By John Kelly
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Posted in Business, Human rights, Identity cards, Law and order, Political spin, Prisons, UK politics, Uk Home Office, Uncategorized, human rights abuse, miscarriage of justice
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Also tagged adware, BT Webwise, Colin Stagg, Jacqui Smith, Law and order, Napper, Phorm, ZD net
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December 8, 2008 – 12:41 pm
. . .and we’ll all get rich spying on each other, apart from the UK, who prefers to outsource its spying to Johnny Foreigner.
by John J Kelly
The government’s bailout plan for threadbare foreign technology and data collection corporations is gathering pace, despite the fact that like Iraq, the Dome or the Special Relationship, the majority [...]
By John Kelly
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Posted in British Constitution, Business, EU policy, Economics, Europe, Finance, Identity cards, Iraq, Law and order, Policy, Politics, Technology, UK politics, Uk Home Office, citizens' rights, consumers, human rights abuse
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Also tagged Civil liberties, Credit Crunch, EDS, EIB, European investment Bank, Fujitsu, Gordon Brown, IBM, John J Kelly, Libor, Manuel Barroso, Sarkozy, Siemens, Thales
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December 1, 2008 – 7:20 pm
I’ve been sleeping much better these days now that I can look forward to a lovely identity card coming along sometime soon with my new passport. It’s great to know that I shall have my very own unique identity secured in digital format, no expense spared. I’ll no doubt be getting a full life history [...]