It’s crystal clear - as Britain falls into the grips of authoritarianism, the pillars of democracy we thought we had have already crumbled.
Because as this is happening, there is NO alarm ringing on the BBC, in parliament or even courts.
Barely. Even. Questions.
Amidst 24h rolling coverage of cases, there has been practically ZERO reflection in the media off the abuse of Ministerial diktat, urgent procedures, police abuses.
Now Christmas is banned just as parliament goes on recess & schools close.
Can anyone see the wood for the trees?
You don’t even need to encourage civil disobedience. Because people WILL see family members at Christmas if they’ve assessed it’s safe to do so.
If you call that a criminal offence, we are a nation of criminals.
The utter failure of our democratic institutions to function has led to a spiral of silence. Some people fear even socially voicing the authoritarianism they’re witnessing.
Although we never imagine that this is how democracies die, this is how democracies have always died.
The Prime Minister just put 25 million people under house arrest, days before Christmas, under threat of criminal conviction, via a press conference.
If we do not collectively understand the gravity of what has happened to our democracy now, we have passed a point of return.
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Cummings almost certainly broke lockdown regulations. He also demonstrated that the Coronavirus Act quarantine powers are unacceptably extremist, unnecessary & yet dangerously hovering at the fingertips of authorities to use against the public whilst protecting their own. The Act
...(Sch 21) allows police to forcibly detain, test & isolate people with suspected infections - even children.
The Act suspends elections, enlarges ministerial power, suspends the most fundamental freedoms - all purportedly for public health. I do not use the word lightly but
these are fascistic powers. They are not justified.
We’ve just been through a peak of the virus without Coronavirus Act Sch.21 (test/quarantine powers) being needed yet they’ve naturally, as with all extreme powers, been abused + wielded against the most vulnerable people.
Suspended NUS Trans Officer Jess Bradley has instructed libel lawyers Carter Ruck who are using BBC/Cliff Richard’s privacy case (!) to try to silence media reporting on the suspension. Hilarious, were the whole thing not so deeply disturbing.
I’ve seen the blog posts, alleged to be re/posted by Jess Bradley, on archive.is. Understandable why the Mail reported lightly, but the alleged posts are far worse than reported. Thread about that here: twitter.com/xnomoresilence
Clearly a matter of public interest..!
And Jess Bradley’s statement doesn’t even deny the allegations - it says “I am confident that none of my behaviour has been unlawful”.