This is just the first step at making protests illegal.
this post was submitted on 08 Feb 2024
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The first step? They've been on this path for years
I think you mean the ninety first step.
I see no hope for this country. Things are just getting worse and worse every year, how long can this keep going?
It’s pretty bad now, but I seriously worry what things will be like in 20 or so years.
Tories on a any% speed run to the government from Children of Men, while the left is worried about which way Kier decides to lean that afternoon
Yall need to grab some pitchforks
Hmm...I wonder which political spectrum the current government belongs to...
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So if someone doesn't want to get sick for being in a huge crowd, they get arrested? Truly genius.
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Remember remember the fifth of November,
When Guy Fawkes took the fall.
Be sure to wear your mask from now on,
They can't arrest us all
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Fake beards, wigs , sunglasses and presumably face paint should be ok
Stay safe protestors. Leave id and phone at home, don't hold anything that could be interpreted as a weapon, and carry a "your rights" card to help you remember what to do if the police try to take away your freedom.
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Don't talk to Police
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Don't talk to police
It's like they think V for Vendetta was a blueprint for how to run a utopia.
Man its like the UK is an authoritarian shit hole or something. Y'all need weapons and resistance. And no, I'm not American before someone asks.
Curious, where are you from? I like it when people from other countries use y'all, especially when the apostrophe is in the right place 🙂
Im Canadian which I'll be the first to admit is basically American.
You guys better be careful. From what I've heard Canada and Australia aren't exaclty shining beacons of freedom as of late. Love you both tho
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Is the UK turning into a dictatorship or an undeveloped country ? How is independent press doing over there ?
More like fascist-adjacent. And we started the process of underdeveloping ourselves when the fascist-adjacent leaders persuaded the terminally ignorant that Brexit would be great when it was obvious it was going to lead exactly where it is leading right now.
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dictatorship or an undeveloped country
Right-Wing Government: why not both?
This is an admittance that you have no right to protest.
What are.you going to do about it?
You've got to understand the 'average' British psyche at this point in history. The majority simply don't care that people they see as troublemakers and/or scroungers are having their rights dismantled. They lack the empathy to give a shit for these people and they lack the foresight to see that it'll be their rights gone one day too. What stirs the average british gammon off their collective arses these days is the rumour there might be an immigrant in a hotel somewhere or that a drag queen exists.
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Prote—ahhh nearly got me!
Are they going to arrest Muslim women with face coverings?
Burka-ban has already been introduced in Austria. Didn't really work because that was just before covid but they sure as shit tried.
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But they already made protest illegal.
They need the facial recognition software to do it's thing so they can make sure life gets difficult for anyone conscious of their actions.
I have never seen a cucked nation like the UK in the world before. u guys have no resistance what so ever ! the french should have bought you some freedoms a few centuries ago.
It's not even that - the people this is directly affecting (for now) are the people who, if they raise their head above the parapet, it'll get shot off - the people least able to protest. 95% of the country are not lacking resistance, they're lacking empathy and foresight. They show plenty of resistance to media driven culture war bullshit like immigration and LGBTQIA+ issues.
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Genocide Island going back to its roots.
it will be interesting to see if we ever get to a point during the next inevitable global pandemic where masks are compulsory in some places and illegal in others
They want it to be illegal to both wear and not to wear a mask so that they can selectivity enforce arbitrary laws against whomever they wish.
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The last one hasn't ended yet
Well that should put us back on track as a nation, practical solutions for our modern problems. What a relief.
Does it apply to FFP2 respirators?
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Hmm… I may be mistaken but can they not already arrest troublemakers, arsonists, violent/aggressive individuals and other sort of rioters/agitators with preexisting laws/bylaws/regulations ?
On the other hand, I'm trying to see the silver lining here… perhaps this new law will make it difficult for agent provocateur¹ from operating without repercussions and anonymity unless the law specifically has a carve out for them (I wouldn't be too surprised, but it would be another major blow to the resiliency of democracy in the United Kingdom).
Police discretion will already make an exception for them even it's not explicitly carved out, there is no silver lining, it's just more police state shit
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