"Protesters who wear masks could face arrest, up to a month in jail and a £1,000 fine under proposed measures that human rights campaigners claim are pandering to “culture war nonsense”.

Police in England and Wales will be given the power to arrest people if they are wearing face coverings at specific demonstrations, the Home Office has said."

Been a bad 18 months or so for privacy in the UK. Online Safety Bill passed, the right to take strike action curtailed, people in receipt of benefits (including disabled people) will soon (as from 2025) have their bank accounts open to the government, the right to protest curtailed and now this.

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    Hmm…I wonder which political spectrum the current government belongs to…

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          Exactly… (leaving both firmly on the right)

          Vote none, and start organising (in your work place, in your community, in your own home inspiring your kids). If you still can’t see that the system is designed by the rich and powerful for the rich and powerful, you’re not paying any real attention (precisely why the media keeps society constantly looking at anything but how things are really run).

          We need to abolish the establishments keeping us down, not continue to play their game by their rules and wonder why things never change…

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            I hate kier but not voting for Labour would be stupid, protest votes or non votes don’t count any the only people pushing that idiocy are the rich right wing because they don’t want you to vote against them

            Everyone just thinks ‘oh look these people are too dumb, busy, or disconnected to vote oh well’

            You can still resist and work against a system you voted for,

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            tbh I’m scared of the power the gov already has. I am worried if I join any communist org, it will endanger my partners immigration status. I also don’t see the orgs around me doing much useful stuff it seems, mostly just selling newspapers (that no one buys cos they cost a fiver)

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        That would mean taking a stance on an issue, which might alienate some voters somewhere.

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      Whatever gets them votes. Actual conservatives would at least pretend to care about the economy.

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        Why? Conservatism is about preserving traditional values and traditional power structures not the economy.

        If you actually care about the economy that means you care about progressing a more effective and efficient state for the benefit of the people. Afraid that makes you a progressive which the conservatives assure us they aren’t.

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          Conservatism is about preserving the status quo. (As opposed to reactionaries that want to restore the status quo ante)

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            Not necessarily the current status quo though. Just the status quo where they have the most power.

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            Kaboom - Well if they were conservative and cared about traditional values, they wouldnt have let in so many migrants.

            Yes Immigrants are the problem /s

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          Well if they were conservative and cared about traditional values, they wouldnt have let in so many migrants.

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            What “traditional values” are you talking about?

            We’re a nation of migrants; you don’t get to rewrite history because it makes you mad.

            The first immigration law passed in this country was a process for naturalization; it doesn’t get more traditional than that.

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                  Oh you mean the guys who literally invaded? I don’t think you’re helping your case.

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                    Oh, I see.

                    You don’t care about the truth.

                    It all makes sense now.

                    So when you said the UK isn’t a nation of migrants you knew you were wrong?

                    Some people actually aren’t afraid of history, to the despair of conservatives worldwide.

                    Also, what a fun admission that Europeans invaded the Americas. I’m sure you’ll be logically consistent there.

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                Man i am this close to just blocking the reddthat instance. I dunno why but too many chuds and bad, bad fucking takes crawl out from under there