Zombie UK surveillance law re-buried for billionth time

Having tried to insert the wording of the rejected Communications Data Bill into new U.K. anti-terror legislation, then having withdrawn the amendment before reintroducing it days later, securocrat members of the House of Lords have again withdrawn it due to a lack of government support. The “Snooper’s Charter” is therefore back off the table, though it may well return after the May general election, depending on who wins. Monday’s two-hour debate on the matter was tediously similar to last week’s, and appears to have been mainly intended as an opportunity for the peers to complain about not being shown the revised draft of the Communications Data Bill, which the government is keeping under wraps for now. (High point: Lord King blaming WhatsApp for ISIS’s advance in Syria and Iraq.)

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