Group slams 'big brother' state
A CAMPAIGN group set up to oppose the "big brother" state has accused the city council of "disgraceful fearmongering".
The Evening News revealed earlier this week that around 100 frontline council workers, including support workers, are being sent on anti-terrorist activity and being asked to report anything they find that is suspicious.
Dylan Sharpe, director of Big Brother Watch, a new campaign by The Taxpayers' Alliance, said: "This is disgraceful fearmongering that erodes trust in society and encourages spying, snooping and suspicion.
"Perhaps most shocking of all is Edinburgh Council's decision to start the course with support workers.
"So, Edinburgh's hard-pressed social workers will now be searching for anything that looks vaguely 'terrorist'."
The council said staff were invited on the courses by police.
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