The government is depriving us of state and status

In 2015 David Cameron spoke these fateful words, “For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens ‘as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone’.” Of course, as ever with the Conservatives, Cameron made no attempt to clarify in what way he intended to interfere in […]

Life in the Virtual Panopticon

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,269 Saturday 28 November 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, I am sure you know what a Panopticon is – ‘The Panopticon is a type of institutional building designed by the English philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham in the late 18th century. The concept of the design is […]