The example I gave above of the case of Simon Walsh: he had been involved in disciplinary procedures against police officers. There has certainly been speculation that those details of his private life were used in an attempt to get rid of him.

BECAUSE NORMAL PEOPLE VALUE THEIR BLOODY PRIVACY!!!

I get it. You would not care if a government team was seconded to have an agent within 1 metre of you throughout your entire life, with a recording device. You go for a poop, he's there. Sit watcj=hing tv, he's there. You go to bed, he watches whatever you do there. You spend time on the internet, he is there watching everything you do. He listens to every conversation, personal or electronic. He reads all your mail. You go out for a good session, he's sat next to you. You go on holiday, he's in the next seat, and he shares your room. He goes sightseeing with you, in the pool he's there, as you apply the factor 15 to yourself and your missus, he's closely watching. You go to your GP for various personal problems, he's there in the examination room. Your relative dies, there he is at the service, and the graveside, and the wake.

I could, of course, go on ad infinitum, but if you really want to try to convince me you would be perfectly cool with all this, then you are quite, quite mad, so there would be no point.

He should really apply factor 30 if he's going to be sitting by the pool.

Do you ever masturbate? Or have sex? Maybe you like certain activities that might be described as 'non-mainstream'?

Can they really do all that ?

Is that the explanation for the scarecrow in my garden who's eyes follow you around when you're cutting the grass, I have no idea how it got there or even when it first appeared.

They've had to come up with something new now that those pictures of Jesus, with eyes that are said to follow you (a deeply mystical thing, it was implied when I was young and there was one in my bedroom) are not in as many homes.

I can't imagine many blow-up dolls requiring sun screen

There's only one thing crazier than Saddened and that's taking his shtick seriously.

I'm comforted by knowing the British constitution will protect me against snooping and such like and the relevant sections will be scrutinised openly and fairly by the relevant powers who police the executive.

There are however. perhaps, at least several reasons why that may not be the case.

Perhaps it is time to look at the overall comfort zone of the current political set up in this country and realise that at best it is bad and is so corrupt and biased that it will never change.

It still leaves me wondering though why people still like a monarchy and believe in aristocracy rather than meritocracy, the former being why we are in the mess we are.