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cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/62224105

The UK has had a Labour party government for nearly two years. Despite Prime Minister Keir Starmer promising that change would "begin immediately", under his watch the government has continued, and at times intensified, a crackdown on civil liberties begun by his Conservative predecessors. The result is more surveillance, greater potential for police abuse and the criminalisation of nearly all meaningful forms of protest.

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[–] thebookelf@literature.cafe 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I said it before on reddit and I'll say it again, Starmer is a fascist in disguise, but the UK has been going down the road of extreme surveillance for decades now. 1984 and V for Vendetta being both based on the UK and its politics wasn't a coincidence.

[–] ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

The coincidence is that both authors are English?

1984 seems more appropriate for the USA, and V For Vendetta for the UK (or Children of Men).