The UK population is generally docile, we don't really riot even when things are bad (unlike the French who barely need an excuse).

Our elites are pretty bad at running the country but actually quite crafty when it comes to managing dissent and channeling it into things that don't threaten their hold on power.

So the regime can get away with a lot, there is no organised violent resistance

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tobz1000 15 hours ago | parent | next [-]

There is a lot of anger in the UK because their (our) environment and life conditions are measurably worse than in the past (even 10 years ago). This anger is masterfully directed (by political orgs but not the actual government) against immigrants, drug addicts, and other groups whose ousting is positioned as an "easy fix" to these problems. So there's not much meaningful action taken against the actual perpetrators.

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gadders 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The UK population and total GDP has gone up, whereas GDP per person has gone down or stayed flat.

The Boris Wave has been the biggest adverse event to the UK since OPEC Oil crisis.

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citrin_ru 11 hours ago | parent [-]

There is no evidence that Boris Wave had negative impact on GDP per person while there is evidence that Brexit had significant negative impact.

Generally refugees / asylum seekers have negative impact on the budget but their number is small so overall drag is small while skilled/work immigrants have positive impact (paying more in taxes then getting back) and there are more work migrants than refugees.

	▲	gadders 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		>> There is no evidence that Boris Wave had negative impact on GDP per person while there is evidence that Brexit had significant negative impact. It dipped at the peak of the Boris Wave, and is only now starting to creep up. Good luck proving your Brexit counterfactual. >>Generally refugees / asylum seekers have negative impact on the budget but their number is small so overall drag is small while skilled/work immigrants have positive impact (paying more in taxes then getting back) and there are more work migrants than refugees. When you factor in the entire extended family that an immigrant on a work visa settles in the UK, this is not true. Also, given that you can get a "skilled worker" visa for working in a kebab shop or a corner store [1], "skilled" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in your sentence [1]. [1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjdg4nvz5mro

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tsss 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Immigration is one of the primary factors in the decrease of life quality in the UK. The only mistake here is that being angry with the immigrants isn't going to change immigration policy.

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squidbeak 15 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

There at the end of your post, your agenda peeps out.

> the regime

The 'regime'. Also known as the democratically elected government.