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Now where have we heard this kind of pitch before? No wonder the right wing extremists in the US love this guy.

The "stop and question" power would enable police to interrogate people about who they are, where they have been and where they were going, The Sunday Times said. Police would not need to suspect a crime had taken place.

If suspects failed to stop or refused to answer questions, they could be charged with a crime and fined, The Sunday Times said. Police already have the power to stop and search people but have no right to ask them their identity and movements.
This from the same guy who wants to track all vehicles in the UK via satellite and who had the police arrest an elderly member of his party (who dared to criticize The Poodle in front of others) and charge him under previous anti-terrorism laws. Hundreds of years of democracy, down the drain.


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