Gordon Brown signs his death warrant

[Adrian II]

That's it. No matter what else Brown, his goverment or his party can come up with in the next months or years, the exposure of this scheme proves that they are indeed out of touch. I can't imagine that our friends across the North Sea would ever accept to collectively have their road movements tracked by black boxes.

Or would they?

Ah well, since some towns already accept that you have to fill in your personal details on a form before ordering a drink in a pub...

A colleague of mine who is a correspondent in London just wrote a book in which he claims that the Brits have no philosophical tradition bar skepticism, and that this leaves them totally helpless in the face of onslaughts on their personal freedom such as this one. True? Untrue?

The Telegraph can disclose that the Government is pushing ahead with plans for a national road-pricing scheme, including testing "spy in the sky" technology.

Eight areas of the country have been selected by ministers for secret pay-per-mile trials which will begin in 2010 and are expected to pave the way for tolls on motorways.

Initially, in January 2010, one hundred cars in each area will trial the new technology – in many cases entailing placing black boxes to allow their movements to be tracked - but members of the public will be invited to join the pilots in June 2010.

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Would a mod please correct the title's spelling?