Echoing comments I made about Britain's growing thought police, Henry Porter has just pointed out that "both women [Blears and Smith ] argue that a calmer, more ordered society would be created if only people would stop expressing their opinions. In reality they propose to sedate our society at the same time as eliminating criticism of the government.... Anyone likely to express an inconvenient opinion should know to bend over soon." From Henry Porter's article "Land of the unfree"