Devolving? Already there. Mostly the public are ok with it because they're ignorant of the facts, believing whatever they read on Facebook, see on GB news[1], etc. and are happy with "if you've done nothing wrong, you've nothing to be afraid of?"[0]

By the time the leopards eat their faces, it's too late.

[0] Much like the people who voted for Trump and are now slated for deportation because 15 years ago they cashed a check that bounced, etc.

[1] Also the BBC has some blame here because if they weren't platforming Farage for years when it was unnecessary, it's conceivable that he wouldn't/couldn't have forced first the Tories and now Labour into their hard-right turns and we'd all be better off.

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graemep 4 days ago | parent [-]

> Also the BBC has some blame here because if they weren't platforming Farage for years

Farage is one of the few politicians who has opposed these laws. He wants to repeal the Online Safety Act.

	▲	random9749832 4 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		lol, Farage has already backtracked on tax cuts and his stance on deportations. He is a wet noodle and an opportunist.
	▲	zimpenfish 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> Farage is one of the few politicians who has opposed these laws. Farage is in the same position as the Tories currently - he can say whatever he wants because he's not in power and has no responsibility to anyone. I would be wholly unsurprised that if Reform won a GE and Farage became PM, anything he said before that would be unceremoniously dropped (see: almost every politician who gains power) and, frankly, Farage goes full Trump and, e.g., applies the OSA to censoring everyone he disagrees with.