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Ministers are considering spending up to £12 billion on a database to monitor and store the internet browsing habits, e-mail and telephone records of everyone in Britain.

Does anyone feel safe in Gordon Brown’s hands?

…I’m disgusted by the way the majority of this country seems to be oblivious to the little changes here and there that are curtailing our civil liberties

So who or what is responsible for Boris’ victory? An ill-informed public, a TV show and a Tory rag. Have I Got News For You, a show meant to satirise and mock politicians, provided Boris an ample opportunity to expand his fanbase to previously inaccessible quarters and sell an image of a “lovable rogue”, while The Evening Standard has run a near-daily hatchet job on Ken Livingstone for the past 6 months.

Is a deeply racist, homophobic bigot who carefully cultivates an image of being a bumbling buffoon really a good choice for governing the lives of nearly 8 million people?