• futatorius@lemm.ee
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    24 hours ago

    The question for me is why didn’t our intelligence services - who want to spy on everybody all the time - understand the risks and inform former governments to prepare?

    How do you know they didn’t?

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      22 hours ago

      Fair enough, maybe they did and government’s chose not to act.

      Edit - but even if they did, they have been busy taking away British people’s rights to privacy and protest, rather than addressing the growing issue of the USA turning to a Russia that threatens Europe. Ultimately the result is the same. Complete failure of those services, in conjunction with government, to provide an open and free, civilised society.