The right to protest is under threat in Britain, undermining a pillar of democracy
https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-12-26/the-right-to-protest-is-under-threat-in-britain-undermining-a-pillar-of-democracy.html
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Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 2y
More like too little scrutiny of the Tories who have always fought tooth and nail against the right to protest
tired_n_bored@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 2y
Scary
twofont@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 2y
killeronthecorner@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y
It's long dead. Thankfully (sort of), our police force is a bunch of untrained sex offenders so a medium size crowd is basically unstoppable.
otp@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
In other parts of the world, they're not much better, but they're all given guns!
streetfestival@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 2y
Wow, I was out of the loop of what was happening in Britain. These laws (already in place) are really scary, and shameful imo. These days it feels like the heartbeat of democracy is barely still beating
nekandro@lemmy.ml · -1 pts · 2y
The land of the free baby
PunnyName@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Sounds familiar...
KpntAutismus@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
they are literally just doing a 1984.
5in1k@lemm.ee · 0 pts · 2y
Fashy ass Britain, and you guys don’t even have knives let alone guns to show the government that you are tired of their shit.