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In Zimbabwe the level of Civil Liberties and Political Freedom - as assessed by the Freedom House organisation - have gone below those recorded in the 1970s under white minority rule. Click through for the full graph.

This is not to defend the situation back then, which was appalling - but does highlght out how bad things have become. The common factor is perhaps that there is a Dictator who perceives himself to be under serious threat. That highlights the need for a government that is put in by the people, and can also be removed by the people if it proves untrustworthy.

I’m not going to write much now, except to say that pushing this set of proposals through Parliament is not about the need to protect our freedom; that has been shown ad nauseam. It is about the need to protect Mr Brown’s government’s collective backside; they have painted themselves into a corner at a time when they have little political capital left and can’t afford to admit that they are wrong.

Tim Ireland of Bloggerheads is looking at putting some time into campaiging for reform of the UK Libel Laws.

Here is some more advice on how to help the Chinese people get around, under, over or through the Great Firewall aimed at controlling what they can read on the Internet.

One sport that the Chinese Olympic Torch Escorts seem to excel at is All-in-Wrestling with members of the public.