1984 here we come

Lartyconshayo · 13 Nov 2013 at 17:39

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24924185

first increased internet censorship - now this.

It'll be room 101 soon. Mark my words.

mmj_uk · 13 Nov 2013 at 17:42

Can't be caught out in their flip flopping and lies, I expect Labour and Lib Dems to follow suit.

Raymond Lin · 13 Nov 2013 at 17:45

There will always be a written paper account, minutes of them.

It's just means you can't google it.

mmj_uk · 13 Nov 2013 at 17:51

Yeah you'll just have to submit a FOI request and be faffed around for 2yrs to access them, it's much healthier for a democratic society that way.

starfighter · 13 Nov 2013 at 17:56

Why do what you promised when you can just delete them.

Another reason not to vote Conservative.

randal · 13 Nov 2013 at 17:58

Ah Dave. The media, Labour, UKIP and probably the Lib Dems before long will be dining out on this nugget for a while to come.

Dave C Circa 2006 said:
"By making more information available to more people, you're giving them more power"

UncleRuckus · 13 Nov 2013 at 18:00

Didn't they promise a referendum on the EU before they got elected?

randal · 13 Nov 2013 at 18:01

Dunno, I'll look it up in the pre-election speeches.

Oh wait.

nick.lidgett · 13 Nov 2013 at 18:09

Caged · 13 Nov 2013 at 18:18

I guess the side effect of this is websites will start archiving everything released by the major political parties / government to ensure it can't be deleted in the future.

Biohazard · 13 Nov 2013 at 18:20

Why on earth would a legitimate political party do something as absurd as that?

V4NT0M · 13 Nov 2013 at 18:22

I'm confused as to whether this thread is serious or not.

nick.lidgett · 13 Nov 2013 at 18:22

Biohazard said:
Why on earth would a legitimate political party do something as absurd as that?

maybe they were badly advised by a private company they hire and paid them £££££££ for it???

Muffin` · 13 Nov 2013 at 18:40

Skyfall said:
I'm confused as to whether this thread is serious or not.

It's deadly serious, we've been transported to North Korea dont cha know?

Muffin` · 13 Nov 2013 at 18:42

Caged said:
I guess the side effect of this is websites will start archiving everything released by the major political parties / government to ensure it can't be deleted in the future.

All of it? Or just the important bits?

I see the BBC is all over this, they've already thrown up the 2004 Conservative Party Conference : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk_politics/2004/tory_conference_04/default.stm

Muffin` · 13 Nov 2013 at 18:44

mmj_uk said:
Can't be caught out in their flip flopping and lies, I expect Labour and Lib Dems to follow suit.

Labour are well ahead of the game : http://www.labour.org.uk/news-archive?c076b2da-a7a5-f434-9d91-aa2dc9db98cc=805

as picked up by the register: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/13/sorry_the_tories_didnt_make_the_internet_disappear/

Caged · 13 Nov 2013 at 18:46

Muffin` said:
All of it? Or just the important bits?

I see the BBC is all over this, they've already thrown up the 2004 Conservative Party Conference : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk_politics/2004/tory_conference_04/default.stm

All of it, because you don't know what's important at the time.

estebanrey · 13 Nov 2013 at 18:47

Thread titles like these make me wonder how many people have actually read Orwell's book and how many just think 1984 is a catch all statement for "government doing something I don't like".

MrMoonX · 13 Nov 2013 at 18:51

estebanrey said:
Thread titles like these make me wonder how many people have actually read Orwell's book and how many just think 1984 is a catch all statement for "government doing something I don't like".

Yep I'm pretty sure Orwell didn't start off saying it all began when they deleted stuff off the web

The Tories are only doing this so people can't use old manifestos etc against them, it's already too late anyway, "the NHS is safe in my hands" speech is clearly total ****