The Tory government’s latest record-breaking feat reveals the horrific path the UK is now taking | The Canary

“The Tory government has now broken a record. And it reveals the horrific direction the UK is heading in.

According to The Times, last year the government applied [paywall] to withhold a record number of documents from public view. The National Archives were due to publish the documents under the 30-year rule.

But the government did so in the same year it decided to legislate to spy on all of its civilians. So while the government passed a law to destroy the public’s right to privacy, it took action to protect itself from scrutiny.

That’s not how a democratic state behaves; but it’s certainly how an authoritarian one would.”