Their definition of who is a terrorist has changed. They wont tell you this but anybody who speaks against them in any way is a terrorist as far as they are concerned. They would love to have the structure to monitor people at the level they are proposing in place without anyone knowing about it. But too many would be involved with it's creation to keep it secret so they need the legislation to enable them to put the structure in place.

The legislation is coming. No wanted the changes to the NHS but we have it. No one wanted to bail out the banks and financial sector but they did it. And no one will want this legislation either, but that doesn't matter anymore. They dont consider a mandate from the people necessary.

As to why they want to monitor people at this sort of resolution when they have pretty much fended off the international terrorists is because they cant keep the lid on the fact that our lifestyle, at current population levels cannot be sustained much longer. And when the general population finally come out of denial they will be angry. They know the time is close which is why they are riding roughshod over our liberties. They dont care about the next election because there might not be one.