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I'm not sure what this recent vote is about. The original Online Safety Act was introduced and passed by the Tories in 2023 (although it's only coming into effe

I'm not sure what this recent vote is about. The original Online Safety Act was introduced and passed by the Tories in 2023 (although it's only coming into effect now, obviously.) So the Tories, who created this awful bill in the first place, are now voting against it? Clown country.

varispeed 1y ago
Labour thought Tory version was not going far enough.
- arrowsmith 1y ago
  Many such cases
- hkt 1y ago
  Labour appear to be talking about wanting to repeal the OSA judging by this morning's news: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/jul/29/uk-politics-latest-news-cabinet-keir-starmer-nigel-farage-online-safety-act?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-68886a5b8f0898680f003680#block-68886a5b8f0898680f003680 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/jul/29/uk-pol...
  - Throwkin 1y ago
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  - drawfloat 1y ago
    Nigel Farage isn't part of Labour.
    - hkt 1y ago
      You're right, I misread. I'm terrible in the mornings - apologies.
mlinhares 1y ago
That happens all over the place, conservatives pass a time bomb bill, they lose control of congress/house, time bomb is about to become effective, they now fight to overturn it and place the blame on the current ruling folks.
- arrowsmith 1y ago
  Except this bill was first introduced in March 2022, when the Tories hadn't imploded and there was no strong reason to expect they'd lose the next election. It wasn't a "time bomb". They introduced this legislation because they wanted it.
  - ben_w 1y ago
    > March 2022, when the Tories hadn't imploded and there was no strong reason to expect they'd lose the next election. Under Boris Johnson? Well, I suppose we have the benefit of hindsight.
  - rsynnott 1y ago
    Eh, I mean, the polls were looking fairly dire for them by that point.
    - arrowsmith 1y ago
      Not nearly as dire as they were a year later.
- scott_w 1y ago
  This isn’t one of those cases. It was a well intentioned Bill that passed with Labour’s support but was very badly planned and written. Hell, it wouldn’t even have helped counter the misinformation being spread last summer and this summer to try and instigate more race riots!
  - arrowsmith 1y ago
    “Well intentioned” hahahaha yeah right, good one. The purpose of a system is what it does.

varispeed 1y ago

Labour thought Tory version was not going far enough.

arrowsmith 1y ago
Many such cases
hkt 1y ago
Labour appear to be talking about wanting to repeal the OSA judging by this morning's news: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/jul/29/uk-politics-latest-news-cabinet-keir-starmer-nigel-farage-online-safety-act?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-68886a5b8f0898680f003680#block-68886a5b8f0898680f003680 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/jul/29/uk-pol...
- Throwkin 1y ago
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- drawfloat 1y ago
  Nigel Farage isn't part of Labour.
  - hkt 1y ago
    You're right, I misread. I'm terrible in the mornings - apologies.

mlinhares 1y ago

That happens all over the place, conservatives pass a time bomb bill, they lose control of congress/house, time bomb is about to become effective, they now fight to overturn it and place the blame on the current ruling folks.

arrowsmith 1y ago
Except this bill was first introduced in March 2022, when the Tories hadn't imploded and there was no strong reason to expect they'd lose the next election. It wasn't a "time bomb". They introduced this legislation because they wanted it.
- ben_w 1y ago
  > March 2022, when the Tories hadn't imploded and there was no strong reason to expect they'd lose the next election. Under Boris Johnson? Well, I suppose we have the benefit of hindsight.
- rsynnott 1y ago
  Eh, I mean, the polls were looking fairly dire for them by that point.
  - arrowsmith 1y ago
    Not nearly as dire as they were a year later.
scott_w 1y ago
This isn’t one of those cases. It was a well intentioned Bill that passed with Labour’s support but was very badly planned and written. Hell, it wouldn’t even have helped counter the misinformation being spread last summer and this summer to try and instigate more race riots!
- arrowsmith 1y ago
  “Well intentioned” hahahaha yeah right, good one. The purpose of a system is what it does.