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Honestly, after what sunak has been saying and how the tories are just going full mask off with their prejudice, anyone who votes for them still is suss af
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hey so remember those new protest laws that make peaceful protest illegal? yeah? wanna see them in action?
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Head of UK’s leading anti-monarchy group arrested at coronation protest
Republic’s Graham Smith held at protest on King Charles III’s procession route in central London
Daniel Boffey Chief reporter, Sat 6 May 2023 08.31 BST
The head of the UK’s leading republican movement has been arrested at an anti-monarchist protest on King Charles III’s procession route.
Graham Smith had been collecting drinks and placards for demonstrators at Trafalgar Square when he was detained by police on the Strand in central London.
It is understood Smith was detained after bringing a megaphone to the demonstration. The Met police had tweeted earlier this week that they would have a “low tolerance” of those seeking to “undermine” the day.
Harry Stratton, a director at Republic, who arrived as Smith and the others were detained, said: “They were collecting the placards and bringing them over when the police stopped them.
“The guys asked why and they were told: we will tell you that once we have searched the vehicle. That’s when they arrested the six organisers. We asked on what grounds they had been arrested but they wouldn’t say. It is a surprise as we had had a number of meetings with the police. They had been making all the right noises”.
full article
dont you love it when your government decides to not even bother hiding the fact the fascist tendencies theyre leaning more and more into?
#uk police#uk politics#britpol#british politics#british police#monarchy#anti monarchy#the guardian#harry stratton#graham smith#daniel boffey#charles#charles iii#coronation#hell country#police misconduct
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Brits!
Sunak says there'll likely be an election in the second half of the year
PLEASE make sure you're registered and have photo ID. If you don't have one of the forms of ID listed here: https://www.gov.uk/how-to-vote/photo-id-youll-need
you can get a free voter authority certificate here: https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate
Or you can apply for a postal vote (via the same link)
(It's a bit different for NI but there's links from the above)
Tories out!
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#mp’nt#obviously there are still issues with their legacies and the investigation and the honours list etc etc but this is still great news#he is OUT#uk politics#ukpol#british politics#britpol#boris johnson
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It sure was... an evening... wasn't it...
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⚠️ ATTENTION UK COMRADES ⚠️
never in my life did i think i would be making a post like this but here goes.
what's happening in the university of brighton?
during the past week, the university of brighton has announced 110 staff redundancies in a bid to save almost £18m.
meanwhile, senior management have recently shelled out an almost identical sum of money to buy out the lease of a sports facility on campus - a decision which nobody asked for or wanted.
these redundancies will be finalised at the end of june and will have a catastrophic impact on learning conditions, which rely on the expertise of our lecturers. though the ripples of this decision will be felt throughout the university, it explicitly and disproportionately targets 'non-profitable' degrees such as humanities, arts, social sciences, etc.
for the staff made redundant, it could mean the end of their academic career due to a surplus of unemployed academics as a result of sector-wide lack of funding for teaching and research. this is also happening during a cost of living crisis.
lecturers on work visas could be forced to leave the country and may not be able to support their families. those who aren't made redundant will suffer from increased workload, larger class sizes, inability to conduct research and more students per member of staff.
the university of brighton offers a fantastic range of unique, interdisciplinary courses in the heart of the uk's queer capital, allowing our vibrant student community to benefit from intimate seminars that immensely benefit our learning. with some of our departments being cut by more than half, the loss of these will be absolutely devastating.
in the e-mail the student body were sent, we were told the redundancies 'wouldn't affect us', with zero acknowledgement of the relationship students build with their lecturers.
this is an attack on the job security and dignity of our valued body of educational staff. the vice chancellor, who takes home around £250,000 a year, said she 'needs to pay the gas bill'. we say human beings over buildings.
the student body cannot allow this. this sets a dangerous precedent for workers all over the country.
so what can we do to help?
let them know that this not okay. voice your concerns to the vice chancellor debra humphris, who can be contacted at [email protected]
spread information. tell your friends. kick up a fuss. stand in solidarity with staff and students. contact your local representatives and encourage them to offer support. jeremy corbyn has already given his!!
consider following @ uobsolidarity on instagram to stay updated.
here is a petition you can sign and some relevant news articles. here's how to find your mp.
SOLIDARITY FOREVER. FUCK GREED. PLEASE BOOST!!!
#tempest text#university of brighton#brighton#uk#literature#humanities#social sciences#socialism#worker solidarity#politics#britpol#lgbtq#signal boost#labour#england#marxism
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Just saw an advert for Labour in which Starmer came so close to unironically saying 'make Britain great again' it was insane. He's such a fucking conservative. His pitch to get us to vote Labour is literally 'more police' (because it's not as if any British cops have abducted and/or murdered anyone in recent years) and 'teach your kids what businesses want' (because we all miss industrial Britain's glory days of child labour) and 'indefinite growth' (because nothing says environmental sustainability like unfettered capitalist expansion). Like these are actual quotes. Tory plant, fuck.
#British politics#Keir Starmer#Starmer#Labour Party#Britpol#British general election#general election#original
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Tintin’s probably glad the Queen’s dead too, he’s just far more polite about it
not sure he'd be glad per se (i dont think he's that cool) but he would be sympathetic to those who are
i spent my funerary bank holiday eating brie and dinosaur chicken nuggets at a mate's house and drawing this lol
#asks#fanart#tintin#adventures of tintin#captain haddock#archibald haddock#professor calculus#queen elisabeth ii#britpol#comic#i cant believe im using a tintin fan comic to vent about politics lol#tbh the original comics were highly political so idc lol#to clear the record im absolutely living for all the memes about the queen lmfao#modern au
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If I see one more stupid take on the stop oil van gogh protest im gonna lose it so in bullet points:
The painting is fine. It was behind glass. The person who threw the soup knew it was behind glass beforehand.
The UK is entering a cost of living crisis unlike any we've seen before (with the possible exception of Thatcher's Britain back in the 80s), and many people cannot afford to heat their homes. While oil and energy companies report record profits.
The point of this exercise was to demonstrate how much more people would care about even the thought of a painting being destroyed, compared to the reality of the lives that WILL be destroyed over the winter. When they can't yknow. Afford to eat or heat their homes.
No, they are not funded by Big Oil. Just Stop Oil DOES receive funding from the climate emergency fund which WAS started by Aileen Getty, yes. But she has zero active investments in the oil industry, and HAS spent a large amount of money sponsoring climate groups. Think of her as the Abigail Disney of oil.
The source of that conspiracy theory is a tiktok video and its mostly being reported in the telegraph which. Kinda says everything.
For people saying stuff like "but it had nothing to do with oil! Why don't you egg the houses of execs <3 Why don't you riot 😊 Why don't you kill oil execs uwu OK why don't you? I mean jesus be realistic. The rioting may come yet but this was a PUBLICITY STUNT. To raise awareness for their organisation.
If you are not from the UK/are from the UK and not familiar with the new protest laws, please refrain on commenting at all about method of protest.
The bill is as follows:
" [to] Widen the range of conditions that the police can impose on public assemblies to match existing police powers to impose conditions on public processions."
" [to] Broaden the range of circumstances in which police may impose conditions on a protest."
" [to] Amend the offence relating to the breaching of conditions"
" [to] Restate the common law offence of public nuisance in statute."
Meaning, any people doing ANYTHING the police don't like (up to and including holding BLANK SIGNS which happened after the queen died) can now result in arrest and forced dispersal (ie police violence). (There are more lines to the bill ive just chosen the ones relevant to this situation, but they're all on the gov website)
(Side note): I actually just read the page on gov.uk which I went on to copy the law and jesus christ they outright blame BLM protests for this. Like explicitly.
I BELIEVE i saw a story not that long ago about someone arrested under this bill being held without trial for like, months but I can't remember the details
In short people in the UK now have to get increasingly creative with how we protest, so as to avoid significant sentences. The two in this case were arrested for trespass instead of under this bill, which carries a significantly more minor penalty.
Shift your goddamn focus away from stupid conspiracies for a second and pay attention to what is happening in REALITY.
(If any of you make comments or send me stuff about this without at least attempting to fact check yourself beforehand im not responding, and deleting.)
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2015 UK POLITICS IS BACK BABY:
Britain's Economy is bad;
David Cameron is in Government;
Tommy Robinson is inciting Racial Riots like a coward;
Nigel Farage is trying to become PM through right-wing populism (à la I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!)
WE’RE BACK BABEEEY!
#uk politics#british politics#britpol#uk news#politics#David Cameron#Nigel farage#Now all we need is a Left Wing movement to come together again.#cause God knows that Starner isn’t that#at the very least he should reshuffle ed Milliband to Shadow Foriegn Secretary#just for nostalgia purposes
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hello and welcome to the uk is a fucking hell country, part 284829494
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Anti-monarchists receive ‘intimidatory’ Home Office letter on new protest laws
Home Office claims timing of new powers, taking effect days before king’s coronation, is coincidental
Ben Quinn, Rajeev Syal and Vikram Dodd
Official warning letters have been sent to anti-monarchists planning peaceful protests at King Charles III’s coronation saying that new criminal offences to prevent disruption have been rushed into law.
Using tactics described by lawyers as “intimidatory”, the Home Office’s Police Powers Unit wrote to the campaign group Republic saying new powers had been brought forward to prevent “disruption at major sporting and cultural events”.
The new law, given royal assent by Charles on Tuesday, means that from Wednesday:
Protesters who block roads, airports and railways could face 12 months behind bars.
Anyone locking on to others, objects or buildings could go to prison for six months and face an unlimited fine.
Police will be able to head off disruption by stopping and searching protesters if they suspect they are setting out to cause chaos.
Jun Pang, a policy and campaigns officer at Liberty, said: “Key measures in the bill will come into force just days before the coronation of King Charles – a significant event in our country’s history that is bound to inspire a wider national conversation and public protests. At the same time, the government are using a statutory instrument to bring draconian measures that the House of Lords threw out of the bill back from the dead, once again evading scrutiny and accountability.
“It’s worrying to see the police handed so many new powers to restrict protest, especially before a major national event. When the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act came into force, the police repeatedly misused them – in part because they simply did not understand them. Similarly, when Queen Elizabeth died, we saw police acting in inappropriate and heavy-handed ways towards protesters that violated their rights.”
Shami Chakrabarti, the former shadow attorney general, said: “During the passage of this illiberal and headline-grabbing legislation, ministers admitted that the new offence of ‘locking on’ is so broad as to catch peaceful protesters who link arms in public.
“Suspicionless stop and search is notorious for racial disparity and it is staggering that more of these provisions have brought into force so soon after Louise Casey’s devastating report [on the Met police]. The home secretary can blast ‘ecowarriors’ but this legislation may be used against anti-poverty and Ukraine solidarity protesters too.”
A statement from the home secretary, Suella Braverman, said: “This legislation is the latest step the government has taken against protesters who use highly disruptive tactics to deliberately delay members of the public, often preventing them from getting to work and hospital, as well as missing loved ones’ funerals.
“The range of new offences and penalties match the seriousness of the threat guerrilla tactics pose to our infrastructure, taxpayers’ money and police time.”
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so just to sum this up, peaceful protesting can now land you in prison for a year and you might face an unlimited fine which i believe is up to £5000, and police can now stop and search you if they believe youre "setting out to cause chaos"
its specifically being put in place right before charles' coronation, but these are now considered criminal offenses so theyre not exclusive to it.
you know, a country where you can be put in prison for a year for peaceful protesting really doesnt sound like a fucking democracy to me.
#hell country#britpol#british politics#britain#king charles#coronation#uk politics#uk#uk police#suella braverman#charles windsor#the guardian#tories#tory government#conservatives#idk what to tag here#but fucking hell
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Hey gang, the British prime minister was just openly and explicitly transphobic at a party conference. I’m so so sorry to all my trans friends, I can’t imagine how you’re feeling right now. We are living under a bigoted, unelected, undemocratic regime that does not share the views of the people they claim to represent. The majority of the UK population does support you, I promise.
#uk politics#britpol#transgender#transphobia tw#idk if that’s a thing but jsut to be safe#tories out#we can’t keep going like this#rishi sunak
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the national insurance cut is nice in theory but i'd rather have a functioning nhs that an extra 40 a month tbh
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You wouldn't trust a tory.
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#uk politics#tories#anti tories#british politics#ukpol#britpol#britposting#fuck the tories#conservatives#conservative party#uk#the tories
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