There was real worry for a moment there that Le Grand Frere wouldn’t come through for the British Government. THankfully they did, and last night the EU agreed that phone and e-mail data should be kept by telecoms companies for up to two years, should Police and other agencies want to access it.
Luckily, this can only be accessed for investigation into serious crimes. Less luckily, the defintion of serious crimes rests with individual states. The European Parliament have yet to vote on it. So, the Blair EU Presidency brings us lots of rhetoric but no action on poverty, a decreased rebate and no deal on CAP and more police powers. The rest of the continent now understands what Brits have been putting up with for eight years.