On our emails an intrusion on our basic freedom?

operate. Already, since New Labour, many words have been ostracised from normal language due to political correctness. Can you imagine how soon the most innocuous words will become triggers for the computerised checking process? All these desired powers rely on our governments being mainly benign, but what if we go too far Right or Left? Once the door is open, it’s too late to close it.

PAUL CRAIG, Wembley, Middx. COMING from a Government that cannot close its own borders, the suggestion that all emails, phone calls, Facebook, Skype, etc are to be tapped is worse than cheeky. We didn’t fight a world war just so the likes of this Parliament could get away with such a deceitful, snoopy, degrading suggestion, especially at a time when we’re paying them to govern this country according to its long-standing Common Law Constitution.

It’s time we gave this Government an ultimatum. Either it governs this country according to our constitution or it doesn’t get paid at all.

ANNE PALMER, Wolverhampton. IS THIS David Cameron’s idea of acting tough? Does he think we’ll be impressed by his Government’s intention to snoop on us every time we communicate by computer? Selective toughness, especially with a measure so unfocused yet so menacing, only reinforces the conviction that he is weak, incompetent and unscrupulous, with zero respect for the freedom and common sense of the mass of people of this country, who can hardly wait to vote him out of office. A really tough prime minister would already have tackled the weakness in our border controls which are exploited by terrorists and their natural supporters, and, to that end, would have had the courage and fortitude to defy the EU and the ‘Human Rights’ industry. A really tough prime minister would not have fought such a lacklustre, mealymouthed election campaign in 2010, and, most definitely, would never have entered into Coalition with the likes of Clegg and his lightweight bunch of anti-patriotic Europhiles.

WILFRED ATTENBOROUGH, Lincoln.