[desbest]

The Investigatory Powers Bill will still pass in Britain, if not now, when we leave the EU in 2018.

[mike-cardwell]

Yes. We can no longer rely on an outside authority to police our government for us. We need to find a way to make our own government work for us.

[wtfishackernews]

This is still an important step and very significant for other EU members.

[katpas]

Speculation, but it would probably depend who was leading the government then and also whether all existing European law had been re-implemented into UK law as part of the process to leave.