Deliberately vague, overreaching legislation which leaves enough ambiguity to let the government basically do whatever the hell they want.
The last bit of legislation they brought in with similar properties led - completely and utterly predictably - to the arresting of peaceful protestors who hadn't even started protesting yet [0]
It was insanely obvious ahead of time that that would happen. And it's insanely obvious ahead of time again what's going to happen with this new legislation too.
It makes me extremely angry how hostile the UK seems to be becoming to its own citizens as well as its overseas friends.
Not everyone in the UK wants to treat everyone like a criminal until proven innocent, nor treat all foreigners as suspicious and unwelcome. Not even a majority now, retrospectively, even wanted to leave the EU.
I increasingly do not recognise our government as one that is in any kind of alignment with my values as a UK citizen or even as just a decent human being.
Edit: And don't even get me started on the crazy rhetoric coming from the National Conservatism event [1]
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[0] https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/06/head-of-uks-...
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/may/16/terms-linke...
The last bit of legislation they brought in with similar properties led - completely and utterly predictably - to the arresting of peaceful protestors who hadn't even started protesting yet [0]
It was insanely obvious ahead of time that that would happen. And it's insanely obvious ahead of time again what's going to happen with this new legislation too.
It makes me extremely angry how hostile the UK seems to be becoming to its own citizens as well as its overseas friends.
Not everyone in the UK wants to treat everyone like a criminal until proven innocent, nor treat all foreigners as suspicious and unwelcome. Not even a majority now, retrospectively, even wanted to leave the EU.
I increasingly do not recognise our government as one that is in any kind of alignment with my values as a UK citizen or even as just a decent human being.
Edit: And don't even get me started on the crazy rhetoric coming from the National Conservatism event [1]
</rant>
[0] https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/06/head-of-uks-...
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/may/16/terms-linke...