• Commiunism@lemmy.wtf
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    1 year ago

    Remember when they would arrest people who criticized the monarchy after the queen of england died in the UK? Someone even got arrested for holding an empty sign because they feared that something bad could be written on it in the future.

    It’s a free country, as long as you’re a conservative.

  • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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    Britain is one of the world’s oldest democracies

    democracies

    (X) Doubt

    Also, while reading this, or any article, it’s always good to mentally substitute “the economy” for “the wealthy” or “the rich and powerful”

    The Conservative government says the laws prevent extremist activists from hurting the wealthy and disrupting daily life

  • Lath@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Perhaps they would like to borrow the French guillotine for some time.

  • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    I’m shocked! You mean to tell me that the country that will throw you in jail for a tasteless facebook post doesn’t support free speech, the right to assemble, or the right to protest? Who’da thunk it?

  • Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    “The ‘good chap’ theory of checks and balances has now been tested to destruction.”

    🤡

  • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Blocking roads, and stopping ordinary people from going about their day, is a very ill thought out way to protest. It doesn’t affect the people making the decisions, it merely punishes the least powerful members of society.

    And it will inevitably turn the public against you, as we see here.

  • muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world
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    Not a good look but then again the uk wanted to legaly mandate a real identity linked to online avtivity so they always have been a little authoritarian.