UK's first Investigatory Powers Commissioner: Lord Justice Fulford The Prime Minister has today appointed Lord Justice Fulford as the first Investigatory Powers Commissioner, who will be the chief overseer of the UK's new surveillance laws. The role of the commissioner was established by Section 227 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, which allows the Prime Minister to appoint the …
Although Lord Justice Fulford is experienced and respected, all he can do here is interpret the law, and then mostly behind closed doors. So where all the "investigatory power" laws were drafted by utter monkeys working for control freak simpletons, there's little he can do other than to offer a very intelligent interpretation of the shoddy work of clowns, and for the most part whatever he concludes we'll never know.
"Does he also wear a powdered wig?"
I don't know if the appointment's full time. If not he may also sit in court in which case he probably does wear a wig. Having had the opportunity to see a good many barristers and judges from the vantage point of the witness box I've never seen any sign of their wigs being powdered.
Do you have any relevant questions to ask?
He can yak and yak as much as he likes. but there is no bite as the commission has no teeth.
Of course it doesn't have teeth, because it doesn't exist. There's no commission. As the article quoted:
[...] an Investigatory Powers Commission, rather than just a commissioner, would be necessary [...]
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