When the Tories got elected in 2010 two of the first things they did were to scrap two big Big Brother databases. The unified NHS one with all your medical details and the council one where they had photos of your house to make sure you were paying enough local tax. So at the very least they get it that databases full of stuff about you aren't vote winners.
But now all of a sudden there's a database that they do want. One that looks exactly like the one the EU wants all its member states to have.
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleases.../484&type=HTML
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"The Data Retention Directive (Directive 2006/24/EC) requires Member States to ensure that these operators retain certain categories of data (for identifying identity and details of phone calls made and emails sent, excluding the content of those communications) for the purpose of the investigation, detection and prosecution of serious crime, as defined by national law. The data must be retained for a minimum of six months to a maximum of two years (to be decided by Member State in transposing the Directive into national laws). "
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