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It has been the most authoritarian country in the West for decades already, this is nothing new.
British people are the most apathetic people in the world, so it's really easy to abuse them.
Australia and the US are more authoritarian in specific areas e.g. censorship and taxation respectively.. but overall, yes, the UK is worse.
>British people are the most apathetic
I'm not sure that's fair, our culture looks apathetic from abroad, but like other countries we care deeply about what our media tell us to care about.
I live in the UK, and have lived in multiple other western countries before.
British people absolutely ARE apathetic.
Arrested is not the same thing as being charged. The latter is what would lead to a trial.
> So they are currently trying to get rid of juries, which they will do
Huh
> a leader that has styled himself as a more extreme Nigel Farage
I’m sorry, what?
> The UK is actually a scary place right now
It is?
Often the entire point of the arrest is to get restrictive and onerous bail conditions imposed on people. Frequently restricting their speech on social media by threat of imprisonment for violating their bail conditions.
That the charges are later dropped isn't the point.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn5lxg2l0lqo
>I’m sorry, what?
Take the online protection act for an example, Nigel Farage though it went too far, Keir Starmer wanted to include a ban on VPNs...
>it is?
If you have been paying attention, yes.