Labour spam and sham questionairre

I have had more spam from the Labour stazi - another three identical emails to three different email addresses, only one of which they have legitimately obtained and none of which have I given permission for them to add to a mailing list.

I sent them an email last week about this and they have ignored it. I've sent them another email tonight and if they ignore it I will report them to the police for breaking the anti-spamming laws which they introduced themselves.

The spam was asking for my views on the terror laws so I broke the golden rule - never respond to spam. This was, I thought, an opportunity for me to tell the government what I think of it's barely concealed attempt to gain extra powers it does not need and cannot be trusted with.

I was wrong. Every question in the multiple-choice questionairre is leading and cannot be answered truthfully without the result being what they want to hear.

Home Secretary Charles Clarke has asked you for your views on the new terrorist threats that face all of us. Please fill in this quick form below to tell us what you think.

Ok, bring on the questions ...

Do you think that our laws should be updated to cope with the current security threat?
Yes
No
Not sure

Let me see ... no I don't, the existing laws are more than enough to cope with it.

Do you think police should have the time and opportunity to complete their investigations into suspected terrorists?
Yes
No
Not sure

Yes they should but then they already do and if they need more time they can take some evidence to a judge and the judge can give them more time. If there is no evidence to show a judge then there are no grounds to keep the suspect anyway - something had to make the police suspicious.

Do you think the government should make sure there are new safeguards to protect innocent people?
Yes
No
Not sure

Yes they should but this legislation won't do that will it? It'll remove more civil liberties and put more power unaccountably into the hands of the state.

Would you like to be kept up-to-date on the progress of this legislation and other issues?
Yes
No

No I bloody wouldn't but that won't stop you will it? You're already spamming me anyway.

If you do not want more information on this, email us at info@new.labour.org.uk

But I just said I don't want any more information, why should I have to contact you?

The information you have provided will not be shared with any organisation or individual outside the Labour Party without your consent, nor transferred outside of the United Kingdom. Full privacy statement.

Ah, right so you're going to store and use my information?

Choice/unsubscribe
We provide you the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us easily and promptly. Our unsubscribe requests are processed weekly.

But I've already said I don't want any more information, I shouldn't have to opt out. I haven't opted in to anything. In fact, I have opted out by saying I don't want any more information.

Finally, why should I be obliged to provide my name, postcode and email address to give my views to the government with no option to prevent my details being recorded and put onto a mailing list?