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> https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9012/ https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-... That's effectively ending t

> https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9012/ https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-... That's effectively ending the rule of law in the United Kingdom. There's not even any pretense anymore. It's interesting but - given recent events - not surprising, that the country which invented the term "rule of law" would now turn their back on it.

pjc50 6y ago
The ability of "rule of law" to constrain the arbitrary actions of state security has always been a problem, in every country, and is fatally compromised in the UK by colonialism (use of military as police in Northern Ireland, and before that various crimes of Empire that we're not supposed to know about) and racism (fundamentally a large section of the public wants it to be possible to arbitrarily deport immigrants without due process of law, and is prepared to burn down as much rule of law as necessary to achieve that)