BBC: “As demonstrators held up placards reading, "I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action", some 522 of them were arrested on suspicion of breaking terrorism laws - more than double the total such arrests in 2024. Their average age was 54, said the police. Some 112 of them were over 70 years old.”

It’s bloody ridiculous. Like me getting arrested for demanding Maggie (Thatcher) out of Parliament back in my CND days. Didn’t happen, but imagine the chilling effect on the wider populace if this existed then.

[–] 5in1k@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

I always thought that they were a worse police state than the US. Cameras everywhere, jail time for letter openers and keychain swords let alone fucking knives. Absolutely a lack of free speech. US has the camps now do we’re definitely worse atm but the UK hates being free.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago

You know about brexit right? Turd move right before the US went full turd on Trump a few months later.

Russian troll farms paid off big at that point.