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'Taking Liberties' seems designed as a campaign aid and intended - in its careful exclusion of over-heated or passionate voices - as a putative appeal to slumbering Middle England.
Wally Hammond, Time Out
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Taking Liberties
Overview
Taking Liberties Since 1997is a documentary film about the erosion of civil liberties in the United Kingdom and increase of surveillance under the government of Tony Blair. It was released in the UK on 8th June 2007. The director, Chris Atkins, said on 1 May that he wanted to expose "the Orwellian state" that now threatened Britain as a result of Mr Blair's policies.
Director and cast
- Chris Atkins Director
- David Morrissey as Narration
- Ashley Jensen as Narration
- Tony Blair as Self (archive footage)
- Gordon Brown as Self (archive footage)
- George W. Bush as Self (archive footage)
- Boris Johnson as Self
- Vladimir Putin as Self (archive footage)
- Tony Benn Cast
- Shami Chakrabarti as Self
- John Prescott as Self (archive footage)
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