Bailiffs get power to use force on debtors The government has been accused of trampling on individual liberties by proposing wide-ranging new powers for bailiffs to break into homes and to use âreasonable forceâ against householders who try to protect their valuables. Under the regulations, bailiffs for private firms would for the first time be given permission to restrain or pin down householders. They would also be able to force their way into homes to seize property to pay off debts, such as unpaid credit card bills and loans. The government, which wants to crack down on people who evade debts, says the new powers would be overseen by a robust industry watchdog. However, the laws are being criticised as the latest erosion of the rights of the householder in his own home. âThese laws strip away tried and tested protections that make a personâs home his castle, and which have stood for centuries,â said Paul Nicolson, chairman of the Zacchaeus 2000 Trust, a London-based welfare charity. âThey could clearly lead to violent confrontations and undermine fundamental liberties.â http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5375668.ece Run Forest.
If they are not uniformed Police Officers with a warrant they wont make it past the threshold of my front door alive. But then again, I have no debt other than my mortgage so "what me worry?"
We're these mobster collection tactics disclosed in the original contract? If these debtors had borrowed from the mob, then breaking and entering and use of force is to be expected...wait, no difference.
'New powers for police to hack your PC' - without warrant' and: "It is working on plans for a giant "big brother" database holding information about every phone call, email and internet visit made by everyone in the United Kingdom." http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/new-powers-for-police-to-hack-your-pc-1225802.html 'Are ID cards in Britain the road to 1984 ?' "By 2017 the Home Office intends that ID cards be compulsory for all citizens. Those who refuse will be fined up to £2,500. Under the proposed measures, fifty different categories of information will be stored on every person." http://www.thecommentfactory.com/are-id-cards-in-britain-the-road-to-1984/ 'Labour plan pie ban' "UK health minister Ben Bradshaw threatened to outlaw unhealthy food by limiting the amount of fat, salt and sugar in pies, pizzas and ready meals." http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/2...r-new-healthy-eating-campaign-86908-21012063/ 'The Big Brother state â by stealth' "Personal information detailing intimate aspects of the lives of every British citizen is to be handed over to government agencies under sweeping new powers. The measure, which will give ministers the right to allow all public bodies to exchange sensitive data with each other, is expected to be rushed through Parliament in a Bill to be published tomorrow. The new legislation would deny MPs a full vote on such data-sharing. Instead, ministers could authorise the swapping of information between councils, the police, NHS trusts, the Inland Revenue, education authorities, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority, the Department for Work and Pensions and other ministries." http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...e-ndash-by-stealth-1050576.html?startindex=30 don't know about it 'coming to the US soon' but the changes occurring in the UK smacks of Big Brother - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four was it the US 9/11 that initiated this change to . . . Facism ? and introduced by the Labour party ???
I don't know why England is doing this, they're not even a superpower. They've tried passing and have succeeded sometimes a ton of Big Brother laws in the last years. I'd leave the place if I was there.
This makes me wonder what the U.S. is doing. I feel like we're the technological leader. Maybe we have stuff like this running without public knowledge. We invented Echelon. Hard to stop a leach after he's had a taste for blood.