On Friday (10th July 2009) it was announced by the British Home Office that the law against sedition would be repealed. What? Is this real? How have we come from a situation in the 1970’s where the security services we’re ‘bugging and burgling across London’ in order to control political subversion to a point where in 2009 the State is struggling to maintain the illusion of centralised control against terrorism (and non-violent challenges to the State) and needs more than ever to fight political subversion. What is going on?

In yesterday’s Guardian (11th July 2009) several former MI5 bosses were quoted as having been against the use of the intelligence services for protection of the state against left-wing political and industrial ’subversion’ during the ’70s and ’80s. Really?

Since the security services have always aimed to gain Total Information Awareness (TIA) for the benefit of the state why would they say the opposite. Why would the law against sedition be removed at the same time as this article about three heads of MI5 and their opposition to targetting political subversion.

The Long Emergency ahead presents the State with a very clear need for TIA and an understanding of subversion to the current structure of the state I simply don’t believe that security services have changed their spots. These announcements have all the hallmarks of disinformation covering a stepping up in surveillance and target profile analysis processes.