Big Brother is watching you: UK Spotter cards - What they look like and how they work

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Excerpt: This kind of highly confidential document – pictured above – is rarely seen by the public.

These so-called "spotter cards" are issued by police to identify individuals they consider to be potential troublemakers because they have appeared at a number of demonstrations.

The photographs are drawn from police intelligence files. This card was apparently dropped at a demonstration against Britain's largest arms fair in 2005.

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Tom Honey on God and the tsunami

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/tom_honey_on_god_and_the_tsunami.html

In the days following the tragic South Asian tsunami of 2004, the Rev. Tom Honey pondered the question, "How could a loving God have done this?" Here is his answer.

The Canon Pastor of Exeter Cathedral, in the UK, is unafraid to take on some of religion's tougher issues.

Filed under  //  2004   Church of England   England   Exeter Cathedral   God   Pastor   Religion   South Asia   TED   Tom Honey   Tsunami   UK  
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