So here is Theresa May with her full on authoritarian anti-British call to throw away Human Rights - “And if human rights laws stop us from doing it, we will change those laws so we can do it.”
"And I mean doing more to restrict the freedom and movements of terrorist suspects when we have enough evidence to know they are a threat, but not enough evidence to prosecute them in full in court."
Literally the most alarming election rhetoric I've ever heard. You either have enough evidence to do something or you don't!
Laws like this will mean the government can punish people who don't fit in a box. No trial, no public oversight, no transparency. We'll be like China, who make people disappear who the state think are a threat.
Remember, laws apply to everyone, not just the people that are assumed to be more likely a terrorist at the moment. What if one day your ideology seems at odds with the governments?
With laws like this, people like that could restrict the movement of anyone they just don't like!
Everyone should be scared shitless of this woman and this idea.
Laws affect everyone and are here for the long term, laws don't stop once the threat of jihadi terrorism goes away.
Laws sit in the background until the next group are designated a potential threat, as defined by the people in charge, not as defined by you and me.
instead of being scared sh!tless, we better take her on now!
Her dismal election result is a great thing because it leaves her too weak and also prone to targeted and reasonable counter-efforts: the British need to finally wake up, act now and fight back. The short-term strategy would be lobbying the DUP for constitution-healing measures (re-instating Privacy, Property rights, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press & more). Longer-term, a wider movement of concerned citizens needs to speak up.
Radically dismantling our constitutional rights must end -- and must be reversed immediately.
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