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Welcome to the Labour police state (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 day ago by FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 72 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Let's hope the UK citizens prove less cowardly than the US ones.

[–] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 93 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You have a lot of trust in people who voted to isolate themselves from their biggest allies and trading partners just a couple years ago.

[–] match@pawb.social 20 points 1 day ago

took me a minute before i realized the US only did that months ago instead of years

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don’t see how relevant that is here. Arguably the EU is supporting Israel’s genocide.

[–] imrighthere@lemmy.ca 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's relevant, they're easily led by the nose, and now they're kissing the diaper. From what I can see, they're no better than the americans.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 1 day ago

They're already monarchists

[–] Milk_Sheikh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

X to doubt. The UK threw out due process a long time ago, wave the ‘terrorism’ tag and egregiously Orwellian policies become law:

Legalized warrantless arrest and imprisonment of suspects without trial or warrant for 28 days
Permits freezing of a suspects assets without trial
Allows unlimited imprisonment of foreigners suspected of terrorism without trial
Military police permitted to operate on UK soil openly, even for non terrorism reasons
TPIM orders without trial that permits electronic tagging, travel bans, limited house arrest, curfews and constant monitoring.

And all that’s before we even talk about the recent Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act nonsense.

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

The PAC are heroes. We should be building statues of them. No one a hundred years from now will think Labor is on the right side of history here. We should be nominating these people for sainthood, not criminalizing them.

[–] Denjin@lemmings.world 4 points 1 day ago

Drawing attention to the abuse of these powers is now terrorism. Please hand yourself in to your nearest police station for reeducation.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

At least they have Corbyn daring to do what Sanders does not.

[–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 0 points 1 day ago

Hollywood level politics. Just shut up