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> One thing we're learning is that the UK government can do whatever it wants This shouldn't be news for anyone who's lived here a few years, with a basic unde
by switch007 9y ago
> One thing we're learning is that the UK government can do whatever it wants
This shouldn't be news for anyone who's lived here a few years, with a basic understanding of UK politics. The acrid stench of arrogance and righteousness that emanates from Westminster travels to the far corners of these isles.
- pjc50 9y agoVindictiveness, enabled by the newspapers, is a big part of this as well. A large chunk of the public don't want rights for everyone; they would actually prefer a system where the police beat confessions out of suspects and people are fitted up for crimes because they're a minority who happened to be near it.