So Tories have: criminalised protest; introduced laws meaning journalists can be jailed for 14 years for embarrassing the Govt; removed independence from the Electoral Commission; introduced voter ID despite just 6 cases at #GE2019; & banned teaching anti-capitalism in schools.😬
#Disinformation is a threat to democracies the world over. In response, the Biden administration set up a "Disinformation Governance Board". Confirming the need for it, every right-wing crank, media outlet, & social media account in the US has dubbed it the "Ministry of Truth".🤪
99% of these clueless paranoid drones have an absurdly simplistic understanding of free speech, have never read ANY of DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST George Orwell's books, & support the global network of libertarian billionaires brainwashing them into accepting a brutal pathocracy. 🤬
Another intelligent socialist these robotic unthinking dimwits disregard is Albert Einstein, who states the very obvious truth that the concentration of media ownership by a handful of billionaires is motivated solely by a desire to protect & enhance their wealth & power.
Since Elon Musk's offer was accepted, there's been a flood of controversial hard/far-right accounts returning to @Twitter, keen to turn it into Parler2.
Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk irresponsibly & falsely claims there's a "war on white people in the west".
Allow me to share a few facts about Charlie Kirk & Turning Point USA.
Turning Point USA (TPUSA) was founded in 2012 by Illinois college student Charlie Kirk as a supposed antidote to the “scourge” of 'liberal thought' overwhelming American campuses.
On Murdoch's Fox News, Kirk railed against campus leftists, the supposed oppression of conservative thought, & the conservative talking points of the day.
Yesterday was the worst day for UK democracy in 200 years: following the 1819 #PeterlooMassacre, the UK Govt introduced draconian legislation, reminiscent of the #PoliceBill - the so-called 'Six Acts', which aimed at suppressing any meetings for the purpose of radical reform.
As for the Elections Bill, there were just 6 cases of in-person electoral fraud at #GE2019. For this, the Govt is disenfranchising 3 million or so of the electorate who don’t have ID, the majority of whom are young &/or from poorer & BAME backgrounds, who tend to vote @UKLabour.
As for the UK Government's grotesque Nationality & Borders Bill - & the abhorrent 'deal' with #Rwanda - it has been universally criticised by human rights organisations because, shamefully, it "undermines established international refugee protection law".
Well here we are. A once proud & half decent nation turned into one of the most polarised, antidemocratic & authoritarian populist nationalist 'advanced economies' on earth, in just a few short years.
The corrupt anti-democratic Tories are forcing voters to show ID at polling stations from next year, despite just 34 allegations of in-person voter fraud in 2019, & eight in 2018.
They know up to 3 million voters lack the necessary ID to vote in person.
How do they keep getting away with this shit? By getting their billionaire non-dom & foreign chums Rupert Murdoch, Jonathan Harmsworth & the remaining Barclay brother to continue the longest running anti-progressive #propaganda campaign in history.