Moments of Permanence - Wait, what?

From: tevriel.livejournal.com Date: March 30th, 2009 01:47 pm (UTC) (Link)

Discussing the likelihood of the police force resulting in a new totalitarian overhaul of Britain, Colonel Charles Rowan of the Metropolitan police suggested that a way to avoid the:

danger to the liberties of the country would be to give the power absolutely of dismissal to the magistrates. Thus if the Secretary of State should take it into his head to endeavour to enslave a whole country (which is not at all [illegible] likely, after paying 20 million to enfranchise the niggers) by sending six or seven additional Police Constables...

Rest isn't that relevant.

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