Is Britain in the throes of a quiet coup?

New Labour, Britain's main "Socialist" party and incumbent government:

1. Appointed a "Minister without portfolio" to the Cabinet. read :- Propaganda minister
2. Are trying to introduce ID-Smart-Cards. what information will government departments be able to access about you then? Will you require one in order to get basic services? a job?
3. The Ex Home Secretary David Blunkett is widely thought of as the most right wing Home Secretary that there has been.
4. Took Britain to war, against Iraq (Gulf War II), a sovereign, albeit a dictatorship, country that has never attacked Britain or our allies, and whose infrastructure was not capable of such an attack
5. Has removed powers from the House of Lords (the 2nd chamber of our government) to the point that it is no longer able to block, only delay, the will of the House of parliament to introduce unfair-fair or bad laws. I.E. they have effectively removed the body that applies the "checks and balances" on parliament to make sure it doesn't usurp power.
6. Used a "War on terror" scare to pass a law "Prevention of Terrorism Bill" that allows the government to imprison anybody indefinitely without trial or the burden of proof if the Home Secretary says that they are dissidents.
7. David Blunkett was on the radio today hyping up a speech he made today suggesting that the English should have more pride in their Nation identity and traditions.

In January 1933 in Germany there was a "Socialist" political party that came to power, employed propaganda, removed all the checks and balances preventing the leader of the house (the Chancellor) from assuming absolute power, made people carry Papers (ID-Cards) stating their race,religion and other details of interest to the state, attacked a sovereign Nation (Poland) that had not threatened or attacked them or their allies and tried to re-fashion a sense of National Identity and traditions.

They were called the "National Socialist German Workers Party" or in German "Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei", which was usually shortened to the "Nazi" party.