spiked on the farcical 'anti-terror' bill

If freedom of movement and speech can be severely restricted on the suspicion and say-so of a government official or judge, then such freedoms become pretty much meaningless.

They would no longer really be rights, but privileges, favourably passed down to us by officials satisfied that we are not getting up to anything untoward.

When such freedoms can be removed at a moment's notice, without recourse to a court of law, they effectively become favours that we enjoy so long as we remain on our best behaviour.