Masked protesters could soon face arrest, says Home Office
www.theguardian.com
Rights groups say proposed police powers for England and Wales are pandering to ‘culture war nonsense’

"Protesters who wear masks could face arrest, up to a month in jail and a £1,000 fine under proposed measures that human rights campaigners claim are pandering to “culture war nonsense”.

Police in England and Wales will be given the power to arrest people if they are wearing face coverings at specific demonstrations, the Home Office has said."

Been a bad 18 months or so for privacy in the UK. Online Safety Bill passed, the right to take strike action curtailed, people in receipt of benefits (including disabled people) will soon (as from 2025) have their bank accounts open to the government, the right to protest curtailed and now this.

    • admiralteal@kbin.social
      294·
      11 months ago

      Why? Conservatism is about preserving traditional values and traditional power structures not the economy.

      If you actually care about the economy that means you care about progressing a more effective and efficient state for the benefit of the people. Afraid that makes you a progressive which the conservatives assure us they aren’t.

      • RobotToaster@mander.xyz
        45·
        11 months ago

        Conservatism is about preserving the status quo. (As opposed to reactionaries that want to restore the status quo ante)

        • njm1314@lemmy.world
          72·
          11 months ago

          Not necessarily the current status quo though. Just the status quo where they have the most power.

        • n3m37h@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          2·
          11 months ago

          Kaboom - Well if they were conservative and cared about traditional values, they wouldnt have let in so many migrants.

          Yes Immigrants are the problem /s

        • LookBehindYouNowAndThen@lemmy.world
          121·
          11 months ago

          What “traditional values” are you talking about?

          We’re a nation of migrants; you don’t get to rewrite history because it makes you mad.

          The first immigration law passed in this country was a process for naturalization; it doesn’t get more traditional than that.

                • LookBehindYouNowAndThen@lemmy.world
                  13·
                  11 months ago

                  Oh, I see.

                  You don’t care about the truth.

                  It all makes sense now.

                  So when you said the UK isn’t a nation of migrants you knew you were wrong?

                  Some people actually aren’t afraid of history, to the despair of conservatives worldwide.

                  Also, what a fun admission that Europeans invaded the Americas. I’m sure you’ll be logically consistent there.

            • the post of tom joad@sh.itjust.works
              51·
              11 months ago

              Man i am this close to just blocking the reddthat instance. I dunno why but too many chuds and bad, bad fucking takes crawl out from under there