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Out of curiosity and with zero background knowledge on what you have communicated here I have a question. Was there a denial that there would be a problem from
by iinnPP 3y ago
Out of curiosity and with zero background knowledge on what you have communicated here I have a question.
Was there a denial that there would be a problem from mainstream sources? If so, was the cat out of the bag moment followed by 'nuthin burger' from the same sources?
That's what seems to happen in Canada at least.
- jon-wood 3y agoMainstream news sources (at least the ones I follow, I'll admit a left-leaning bias there) were all shouting about how this was the inevitable conclusion of the legislation, to be countered by ministers appearing to say that no, of course it wouldn't be abused.
- tailspin2019 3y agoRegarding the previous legislation which led to the wrongful arrest of protestors, a number of human rights organisations issued warnings about it before it was passed. For example: > UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, called the Public Order Bill “deeply troubling legislation”, after it completed its passage through parliament on Wednesday. https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/04/1136107 https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/04/1136107 In fact, the UK category of the UN news feed makes for pretty embarassing reading in general, speaking as a Brit: https://news.un.org/en/tags/united-kingdom https://news.un.org/en/tags/united-kingdom
- Duplo 3y ago[dead]
- 908B64B197 3y ago> followed by 'nuthin burger' from the same sources? That's what seems to happen in Canada at least. Didn't the government just suspend the constitution (that's a thing over there?) because of some peaceful, free-speech protected, protests in the capital and start arbitrary freezing protester's bank accounts?