Discussion - Is Labour wedded to authoritareanism? to be continued

Is the Old Labour right too wedded to authoritareanism? Have the Tories and Lib Dems outflanked Labour on Civil Rights and personal freedom? Is Labour too enamoured with Governmental interventionism to allow civil liberties to be paramount. Is the old labour right wing reflex of looking after the commective rather than the individual too strong to be changed?
Did the last Labour Government curry favour with the Police and the Security services because it feared being accused of being soft on whatever the Daily Mail decided was the issue odf the day?
Did Labour destroy its street credibility with young people by banning certain legal highs and upgrading cannabois back to class B.