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Apple says it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken security if new proposals are made law and acted upon.(www.bbc.com)

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We did, but it was pretty clear that they didn’t want to. It was a “shut the swivel eyed loons up” move and backfired in spectacular fashion.

The Prime Minister quit the next day, and the only person that looked pleased was Nigel Farage as he knew he’d never have to deal with it or be held accountable in any way.

The Tories will be annihilated at the next general election. Polling like 20-30% lower than Labour.

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The Tories will be annihilated at the next general election.

And that’s when anti privacy bills will come through. Labour is hyper anti privacy for a long time.

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