one of the great disappointments of Blair was that he didn't clean the Augean stables that British security has always been. the USA is a paragon of virtue in this matter in comparison.

could Watergate have ever happened in England. A president - a right wing President - brought to justice for subverting democratic process!

take another look at that Spycatcher book. Thatcher had very good reason to want to ban it. she owed her election success to MI5 initially. and the security services were instrumental in breaking the power of the unions. ensuring that investment and modernisation were not needed in English industry, and we remained a low wage economy.