The political silence on this issue is indeed deafening. As was the press silence (other than the Guardian). The press in this country are far more interested in reality tv, political infighting, fanning flames about 'immigrants' and what the royals are up to.
And I suspect it's because most of the public don't care either. There are people who would like privacy, who think that GCHQ should be accountable and then there are other people who are perfectly happy that someone is watching everything, everywhere, because that makes them feel safe, and of course they aren't doing anything wrong, so why should they care?
And of course a large proportion of the population either aren't intelligent enough or aren't interested enough to understand what's going on.
It makes me angry, but that's the world we live in.
And I suspect it's because most of the public don't care either. There are people who would like privacy, who think that GCHQ should be accountable and then there are other people who are perfectly happy that someone is watching everything, everywhere, because that makes them feel safe, and of course they aren't doing anything wrong, so why should they care?
And of course a large proportion of the population either aren't intelligent enough or aren't interested enough to understand what's going on.
It makes me angry, but that's the world we live in.