Perversion Is Fine, So Long As You're In A Position Of Authority

Yet another story about a school installing surveillance cameras in bathrooms reminds us that, while parents are treated as pedophiles for taking photographs of their own children, any perversion whatsoever is acceptable as long as it is conducted by those deemed to be in a position of authority.

"Outraged parents have hit out at a school in Birmingham after pupils discovered CCTV cameras in the school's toilets," reports Sky News.

"Youngsters at Grace Academy in Chelmsley Wood claim they returned from half-term to find staff had installed the cameras without notifying them or their parents."

The report points to another recent case in Britain, where a school in Salford filmed children in various stages of undress changing into their gym kit.

Parents slammed the move as a "total invasion of privacy" and many students refused to use the bathroom, but the school claimed that installing cameras to watch children in the most intimate setting possible was perfectly normal because "children want to feel secure".

So as long as it's done in the name of safety and security, watching children in bathrooms is acceptable. Perhaps child molesters who are caught with kiddie porn should use the defense that they are merely watching videos of children to make them "feel secure". But we're forgetting the golden rule - you're only allowed to engage in such behavior if you happen to be ascribed some position of authority.'

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Public Money Used to Stop Public Having a Greater Say in Policing

The Association of Police Authorities (APA) hired a private lobbying firm in its battle against Home Office plans to dramatically reform the make up of its members.

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith had proposed allowing the public to directly elect members to police authorities, but dropped the plans last month in an eleventh hour climbdown.

It has now emerged the APA used taxpayers' money to fund the services of Connect Public Affairs to offer advice and help oppose the proposals.

Tory MP Douglas Carswell, who discovered the spending, said: "It is shocking that quangos are using our money to pay lobbyists to defend and protect their own.

"They are using our money to stop us having a say in how our local communities are policed."

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MPs Fear BNP May Take Control Of Police

The Government is facing a Labour rebellion over plans that could lead to British National Party members holding positions of power over policing.
As police forces scour the leaked BNP membership list to weed out serving officers, the Home Office will publish proposals next week for elections to police authorities in which the far-right party is confident of winning seats.

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Note Sir Jeremy Beechams (leader of the Labour councillors stasi) saying

"Sir Jeremy Beecham, the leader of Labour’s 5,000 local councillors, told The Times that the prospect of extremists influencing policing was chilling. He said: “People will run on ‘fear of crime’ tickets – the process is open to populism. The BNP is one concern but there will be other single-issue groups running on platforms that exaggerate crime and fear. These elections would inevitably attract lower turnouts and less attention, making the electoral test much easier for the BNP and their ilk.”

And just 'who is their ilk ' Mr. Beecham you mean anyone elected by the public who is not a member of the corrupt 2 party system??

when he uses the term 'the process is open to populism' that really gives his motives away!