In the future, when Labour activists pressure those of us who vote Lib Dem or Green or for other socially liberal parties to vote Labour because they think they are better than the Tories or Reform (and they will - they always do), remember this guy 👇
@SteveDavies365@owenjonesjourno Populists like Farage tend to mix a strange blend of authoritarianism and libertarianism but if he follows through with his “mass deportation” plan and in any way attempts to emulate what ICE is doing in America the UK will be in a pretty dark place.
Our entire political conversation - under a labour government - has taken a huge shift to the right.
We can't let this be normalised.
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Incorrect.
There are lots of problems with British policing but the end of operational independence would be a disaster. The regulation of individual powers and practises is far more in tune with the protection of civil liberties.
Er, a police state is when the police are in charge without accountability to democratically elected politicians. If you don’t think the govt should control the cops, a police state is what you want. Ofc the police should make decisions about individual cases without political interference, but matters with political import should be for politicians