Aral BalkanMay 24, 2017

In a move straight out of Erdoğan's playbook, Theresa May deploys military for domestic policing in UK amid general election.

“There’s a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people.” – Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica

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Show threadBob Mottram
@aral Well out shopping today I didn't see any troops around government facilities, or even any police. So I think it's all electioneering bluster.

It's funny how that even without a policeman or soldier on every street corner society still keeps going. Perhaps that says something about the superfluous nature of authoritarianism.
May 24, 2017 at 4:25pmWeb