So most of the UK now joins Russia, N Korea, Iran and China with highly repressive and intimidatory laws on demonstrations. We are upholding the liberty to protest by crushing the liberty to protest.

We’re rapidly becoming an authoritarian, fascistic police state and if you can’t see what’s happening you’re not paying attention!

Toni Morrison’s Ten Steps Towards Fascism

In a convocation address delivered at Howard University in March 1995, Toni Morrison noted that before fascist movements arrive at

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@BobM can't be having dissenting voices, no, no ,no..trouble is, half the goons in the uk will be in agreement with having nasty protesters and activists silenced and locked up, this is how they win/won
@BobM We lock up journalists, put them in MaxSec prisons and throw away the key, as well. Assange.
@BobM we we already there. Just like all fascist regimes, chosen minorities are harassed and killed, imprisoned and deported. We send brown asylum seekers to Rwanda and ignore their mayday calls, letting them drown in the sea, while paying people to take in white asylum seekers. Our ministers tell us on national tv that all Pakistani men are groomers. They post Islamophbic and racist texts excessively. They scapegoat black footballers & encourage them to be booed
@BobM the best protests are don't go and don't watch on TV to hammer the ratings
@BobM I DEMAND a correction, you forgot Spain! ( ley mordaza from 15+ years ago and still active ) ;)
@BobM Add to this, #KC3 “invitation” to pledge allegiance to him & his heirs called #HomageOfThePeople. Homage? What’s next? A return to beheadings at the Tower ? #monarchy #oligarchy
@marcibadwolf303 @BobM I
It was a suggestion from the clergy, not any kind of instruction. Nor is it compulsory. Too many silly people have gone into hysterics about this.
@BobM @kennethb It appears KC went along with it, though. I realize it’s not compulsory, I can’t help but wonder, in the face of the #Costoflivingcrisis, Charles didn’t at least delay the coronation.
@BobM Dafuq?!? Hey, it's 1984 ...
@BobM As an author of historical fiction, I have learned that real change for the masses only comes about by protest. Denying the right of protest is very dangerous.
@BobM UK? United Korea? 🤔