Salutes to Sistersuncut, the real opposition in this country:
Perhaps around the Sarah Everard thing? I don't think the great British public gives a toss around erosion of rights otherwise.I suspect focus groups / public opinion have spoken. These things can transcend a majority in parliament especially with local elections coming up.
Good news though!
Well that was a quite mind-bogglingly stupid bit of tone-deafness. The country is in uproar over a woman who was murdered by a copper --> "The solution to this is obviously to give coppers more powers than they have already."Perhaps around the Sarah Everard thing?
And this: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...ice-officer-attacked-woman-pc-oliver-banfieldWell that was a quite mind-bogglingly stupid bit of tone-deafness. The country is in uproar over a woman who was murdered by a copper --> "The solution to this is obviously to give coppers more powers than they have already."
10.30 I think? I think it'll pass though. Theresa May of all people apparently spoke strongly against it.
The important bits in the bill, which the racist british left are studiously ignoring will pass, because they were never the focal point of the outrage to begin with:
3 years' jail for "living nomadically without a 'Travellers passport'"; summary confiscation of Travellers' vehicles.
A million Iraq war marchers remember the dramatic rescue of their consciences by the slogan "Not in my name!", or "Until you're quite sure your war is fully legal, please remove me from the credits, guv!" Thousands of summer 2011 "rioters" will remember how "protest" that frightens the homeowners is already illegal, because of the Bloody Assizes where long kesh stoner threw them in jail for the equivalent of their age while the council sent a SWAT team round to evict their mums.
This country loves ignorance and moralism combined. A disastrous combination. Honestly if I could i'd be out of here with my geezer in an instant.
Okay now we're talking some real shit. The racism towards traveller communities is completely accepted in this country, even down south, and people can openly talk shit about them without any recompense
Never understood it
Labour will never oppose it because Keir wants the middle ground voters and the p*key/g*po (apologies for the slurs) rhetoric is so prevalent here that it would actively cause problems for Labour if they opposed it
The country is fucked