@RachaelvsWorld There is a wonderful attempt by Left Twitter to turn people shopping into a class/culture war today. Let's just have 24 hours without fake debates.
@Ian56789 The attempt to present Magna Carter England as a libertarian paradise is a strange one. In 1215, peasants were flogged to death for not working hard enough on land they were not allowed to own.
@MrAndyNgo As an outsider, I have no strong view on wider arguments over whether American law enforcement is too 'militarised' and so on. What I do know is that I genuinely cannot think of any major western European city which would tolerate this nonsense. Have the authorities given up?!
@sundersays@rmw If nothing is happening and the PM is overreacting, please explain why WC is currently boarded up? And then point to which referendum or parliamentary vote which led to it happening.
@sundersays@rmw Assuming you are right it still doesn't change my broader argument. You are claiming these changes require the support of Parliament.
They don't require any democratic consent at all. See what happened in Poole. Labour Councils are now "reviewing statues". Watch what happens.
@sundersays@rmw "It's a technical glitch".
"No one supports this so..."
It's like the previous past 10 days passed you by.
Why do you think there has to be any consensus or agreement? Petty local officials make these decisions. See Baden Powell. Which MPs supported that or covering WC up?
@lemracrose@Miss_Snuffy The white middle classes who don't know or care about drug gangs, disorder and the fear of ordinary people in the poorest estates in the country.
Only about painting a protest with whatever their own hobby horse is.
In your case I'd probably guess Brexit.
@ChrisMcEleny @blairmcdougall One of the wonderful things about the cybernats is how they go completely quiet on the odf occasion someone asks them to prove their nonsense conspiracies.
Like clockwork.
@PoliticsJOE_UK@akalamusic This man man spins series of lies to people who want to believe him.
Claim: *the police 'support' the people currently attacking them.
Evidence *none provided at all.
I saw him last week saying the Empire was thousands of years old.
He's an historical ignoramus.
@danielh_g "The thug statue nonces have carried out more violence in a few hours than 2 weeks of BLM".
You sure about this or is more likely you didn't notice/care about previous violence?