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Anon. 5.52 thank you for that, but surely the flaw in your argument may be identified by asking the question ' but does not every law restrict our freedom?' The obvious example is murder. There are one or two people, or rather have been, in my life I could have been very tempted to murder. But I am not free to do so. There is a law against it. And until 1956 the state would have killed me if found guilty. Your argument would be that such a law should not exist. It is a restriction on my liberty to do what I want.

I hope it never happens, of course, but if one of your nearest and dearest loses his legs in another London bombing will you be saying to him "This is the price we have to pay so that your emails remain secret?"

Whilst I do not necessarily believe all those who make memorable quotes I do seem to recall someone saying "the price of freedom is eternal vigilance". How can those who seek to protect us if they cannot read emails, etc.

The enemy is within, Anon., just consider the Birmingham schools situation and our prisons. We shall not defeat it bleating about a partial loss of freedom. And if it wins we shall risk a total loss of allour freedoms.

If the blockheads on the Labour benches can see this there must, surely, be something in it.