Does the state face mortal threats? or politically awkward horsefly bites?
Thursday, August 6th, 2009
I’ve been thinking more about the “heart of darkness” perception of the British state. To Phil Shiner’s analysis of torture I’d add
the £25m worth of new steel security bollards for Whitehall, faced with Portland stone, and the steel barriers around Parliament
database state systems like NHS secondary uses, ContactPoint, IMP, the benighted ID System, e-Borders, DWP [...]
