It's only scary to Americans (maybe reaching hard because of Trump?) and those who live off Twitter and Daily Mail headlines. For the rest us it's marginally better than when the crazies where screwing us over with Brexit.
>Arrested is not the same thing as being charged. The latter is what would lead to a trial.
Often the entire point of the arrest is to get restrictive and onerous bail conditions imposed on people. Frequently restricting their speech on social media by threat of imprisonment for violating their bail conditions.
That the charges are later dropped isn't the point.
phatfish|2 months ago
iLoveOncall|2 months ago
It has been the most authoritarian country in the West for decades already, this is nothing new.
British people are the most apathetic people in the world, so it's really easy to abuse them.
cortic|2 months ago
Australia and the US are more authoritarian in specific areas e.g. censorship and taxation respectively.. but overall, yes, the UK is worse.
>British people are the most apathetic
I'm not sure that's fair, our culture looks apathetic from abroad, but like other countries we care deeply about what our media tell us to care about.
iamacyborg|2 months ago
Arrested is not the same thing as being charged. The latter is what would lead to a trial.
> So they are currently trying to get rid of juries, which they will do
Huh
> a leader that has styled himself as a more extreme Nigel Farage
I’m sorry, what?
> The UK is actually a scary place right now
It is?
everfrustrated|2 months ago
Often the entire point of the arrest is to get restrictive and onerous bail conditions imposed on people. Frequently restricting their speech on social media by threat of imprisonment for violating their bail conditions.
That the charges are later dropped isn't the point.
tick_tock_tick|2 months ago
cortic|2 months ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn5lxg2l0lqo
>I’m sorry, what?
Take the online protection act for an example, Nigel Farage though it went too far, Keir Starmer wanted to include a ban on VPNs...
>it is?
If you have been paying attention, yes.