THE POINTLESS LETTERS TOP THIRTY-SIX TERRIFYING PHRASES TO SEE SOMEONE ACTUALLY USE WHEN WRITING IN TO A NEWSPAPER TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING - "If you have nothing to hide then you have nothing to fear."

Number 35: "Give our security forces carte blanche."

Number 34: "No ID, deportation."

NUMBER 33: "If you commit a crime and go to prison your rights should automatically be deleted."

NUMBER 32: "…those with nothing to hide have no need for concern."

NUMBER 31: "I don’t understand why people are against internment."

NUMBER 30: "…surely it is time to re-introduce internment."

NUMBER 29: "In this day and age, if you don’t do what a policeman tells you to do, then expect a world of hurt."

Just noticed I switched from starting these with "Number xx" to "NUMBER xx" for no reason and I'll not lie to you, that will annoy me like toothache all day now

NUMBER 28: "Shouldn’t we be on a war footing with everyone carrying an ID card at all times and state security being empowered to stop and search at will?"

NUMBER 27: "…the time has come for the normal procedures with regard to evidence to be suspended for the duration of the war on terror for the protection of the public."

NUMBER 26: "…make sure that everyone in the UK has an identification card…anyone at any time can be requested to show this card to prove that they are in the country legally."

NUMBER 25: "Torture these terror nuts until they tell us wot we need 2 know and when they’ve told us torture them more just 4 the hell of it."

NUMBER 24: "We have to be less tolerant."

NUMBER 23: I am happy for MI5 or MI6 to know when I am on the train…if that means they are free to gather information about someone who plans to blow me up."

NUMBER 22: "I would have no objection to carrying proof that I am entitled to live in our country."

NUMBER 21: "If, like me, you have nothing to hide, then you have nothing to worry about."

NUMBER 20: "If accessing my phone means stronger and greater security for the country, I’m more than happy."

NUMBER 19: "Why not allow the Government total access to all electronic communications? I have nothing to hide."

NUMBER 18: "Perhaps Western Christendom needs to declare its very own holy crusade."

NUMBER 17: "Anyone who opposes this has something to hide."

NUMBER 16: "This country needs a military presence on its streets."

NUMBER 15: "Forget about civil rights, we are at war."

NUMBER 14: "Everyone who lives in our country should give a DNA sample."

NUMBER 13: "Anyone with nothing to hide should have their DNA taken."

NUMBER 12: "Microchipping dogs will come in next April...I have been saying for years now, that humans should be done at birth...If you aren’t doing wrong then you haven’t got anything to worry about."

NUMBER 11: "Torture is OK."

NUMBER 10: "It’s time we ended all this ‘civil liberties’ nonsense."

Terrifyingly that last one reads like an actual quote from Number 10. Thanks for that, 2020.

NUMBER 9: "We should put armed soldiers on our streets."

NUMBER 8: "If a few terrorist suspects have to be held without trial, deprived of sleep and yes, even water-boarded, to protect the rest of us then so be it."

NUMBER 7: "I would want the state to employ numerous torture techniques, working shifts around the clock."

NUMBER 6: "Unless action is taken to root out these fifth columnists the problem can only get worse."

NUMBER 5: "If you have done nothing wrong you have nothing to hide."

NUMBER 4: "When does free speech become sedition?"

NUMBER 3: "Those who think their privacy is more important than the safety of all of us worry me and I’m glad the government doesn’t listen to them."

NUMBER 2: "Human rights law should be suspended when dealing with the nation’s security."

NUMBER 1: "I’d abolish all rights and rename them privileges."