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lordfarquad 4 days ago

The authorities here (UK resident) are already pushing hard for as much authoritarianism as they can get. They are also increasing prison capacity and the two tier system is a genuine thing with public services collapsing.

Police militarization, drones, army unit investigating private civilians, digital powers widening... I am more scared of the government than I am of local paramilitary forces at this point.

It may be enough to swing my vote towards Irish unity given the topic will be forced within my life time.

stuaxo 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

The two tier bit is Palastine action people being in prison for up to two years before getting tried, being on hunger strike without much reporting in the press.

basisword 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

>> They are also increasing prison capacity and the two tier system is a genuine thing with public services collapsing.

What utter nonsense. The prison system was so full that when the current party got into power they had to start releasing people years early to free up space for newer offenders. That is why they're trying to improve capacity and that's not expected to happen for several years.

CommanderData 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Removal of Jury service for certain crimes says it all, seeing this happen in the wake of Palestine Action is considerably disturbing, if I were a conspiracy nut I'd argue these things are being done to please Israel.

hexbin010 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

> Removal of Jury service for certain crimes says it all

Point of order: the concept already existed, they just want to expand it, for more crimes (the extent of which I'm unsure of).

DaSHacka 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> if I were a conspiracy nut I'd argue these things are being done to please Israel.

Or just someone who has at least 100 IQ

random9749832 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Irish unity will never happen. Not even sure where that came from.

People can make random accounts named after Shrek making weird claims that immediately gets upvoted. The mass astroturfing you see everywhere on the internet now has made it shit.

DaSHacka 4 days ago | parent [-]

"astroturfing is when a lot of people disagree with me"

random9749832 4 days ago | parent [-]

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