On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 06:51:57 +0100, PoP
wrote:

He's already bringing in the RIP bill despite fierce opposition,
allowing a vast number of people direct access to your phone calls and
email services.

The RIP bill is already passed !!!!

The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act.

The insidious thing about this Act and many of the modern ones of the
last couple of decades is that they empower the releveant Secretary of
State to make statutory regulations which increase the scope/effect of
the primary legislation.