keywords Official secrets, Security, Policing, Law, Immigration, Censorship, Parliamentary Act,Ireland, Northern Ireland, UK, United Kingdom, Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, Strikes, Brixton, Diplock courts, Vetting, GCHQ, MI5, Public Order Act 1986,
Comments: 4 pages; Chronology of the increase in state powers in the UK from the passing of the Official Secrets Act 1889 to the introduction of the Secret Services Bill 1988.
