Nick Clegg to oppose communications data bill until he learns how to delete âbrowser historyâ
Nick Clegg has reaffirmed his opposition to aÂ communications data bill or âsnooperâs charter,â and maintained that he will continue to oppose it until he learns how to delete his Internet browsing history. âLook, I will fully support this Governmentâs dedication to fighting the war against terrorism,â he said as he frantically tried to close various pop-up windows on his laptop. âBut I cannot subscribe to a bill that will allow a Government to monitor peopleâs web activity,â before adding âOh Christ, itâs rebooting now, whyâs it doing that?â âFor example, a man may have been to certain websites, and I want to make it clear now that I didnât knowâ¦I mean, the hypothetical man didnât know what was on the websites and now theyâve infected his laptop with God only knows what and Iâveâ¦I mean, heâs got enough to worry about with his wife finding out without the bloody Government-â âI mean, Iâm against it on principle.â When it was pointed out that all he needed to do was run a virus scan and click the delete internet history button, he appeared more conciliatory âOh. Right. Well, obviously, as a Government our first duty is to public safety and all that, essentially, Iâll just do as Iâm told.â