"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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    Is the UK turning into a dictatorship or an undeveloped country ? How is independent press doing over there ?

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      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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        As if the EU is some kind of leader in freedom. 🤔

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          I guess it’s better than the UK for now, and there have been no attempted fascist coups for quite a few decades now. Even if we’re totally glass-half-empty, the EU is at least slamming on the brakes on the descent, while the UK is tearing their brakes off, and the US is deliberating whether using the brakes would hurt rich people.

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            Obviously, world governments are the answer to all our problems.

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                The alternative? To a global government?

                Anything but that. That my final offer

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                  The EU is barely a government over the 480 million it represents. Where did you get the notion it’s a global government?

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      dictatorship or an undeveloped country

      Right-Wing Government: why not both?