#Tori Government

[eternaleve]

double prime minister event is in the cards, i have done the maths

ETA: This post continues to be spread and spread and spread, which is deeply funny to me, so I’d just like to plug the work of 350.org, Tree Aid, and Survival International, if you’re that way inclined. I’d like to think the continued success of this post might spread lols and good in the world :)

[michaelgovehateblog]

Just going to take a moment before I let myself start despairing the new government, to realise that holy shit. The conservatives have actually lost in a major major way. After 14 years they're actually gone. I was 8 when they came into power, most of my life, and definitely all of my life where I've been politically aware, has been under Tory rule. They're out and that's a victory

[listen-to-the-inner-walrus]

hello and welcome to the uk is a fucking hell country, part 284829494

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Anti-monarchists receive ‘intimidatory’ Home Office letter on new protest laws

Home Office claims timing of new powers, taking effect days before king’s coronation, is coincidental

Ben Quinn, Rajeev Syal and Vikram Dodd

Official warning letters have been sent to anti-monarchists planning peaceful protests at King Charles III’s coronation saying that new criminal offences to prevent disruption have been rushed into law.

Using tactics described by lawyers as “intimidatory”, the Home Office’s Police Powers Unit wrote to the campaign group Republic saying new powers had been brought forward to prevent “disruption at major sporting and cultural events”.

The new law, given royal assent by Charles on Tuesday, means that from Wednesday:

Protesters who block roads, airports and railways could face 12 months behind bars.

Anyone locking on to others, objects or buildings could go to prison for six months and face an unlimited fine.

Police will be able to head off disruption by stopping and searching protesters if they suspect they are setting out to cause chaos.

Jun Pang, a policy and campaigns officer at Liberty, said: “Key measures in the bill will come into force just days before the coronation of King Charles – a significant event in our country’s history that is bound to inspire a wider national conversation and public protests. At the same time, the government are using a statutory instrument to bring draconian measures that the House of Lords threw out of the bill back from the dead, once again evading scrutiny and accountability.

“It’s worrying to see the police handed so many new powers to restrict protest, especially before a major national event. When the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act came into force, the police repeatedly misused them – in part because they simply did not understand them. Similarly, when Queen Elizabeth died, we saw police acting in inappropriate and heavy-handed ways towards protesters that violated their rights.”

Shami Chakrabarti, the former shadow attorney general, said: “During the passage of this illiberal and headline-grabbing legislation, ministers admitted that the new offence of ‘locking on’ is so broad as to catch peaceful protesters who link arms in public.

“Suspicionless stop and search is notorious for racial disparity and it is staggering that more of these provisions have brought into force so soon after Louise Casey’s devastating report [on the Met police]. The home secretary can blast ‘ecowarriors’ but this legislation may be used against anti-poverty and Ukraine solidarity protesters too.”

A statement from the home secretary, Suella Braverman, said: “This legislation is the latest step the government has taken against protesters who use highly disruptive tactics to deliberately delay members of the public, often preventing them from getting to work and hospital, as well as missing loved ones’ funerals.

“The range of new offences and penalties match the seriousness of the threat guerrilla tactics pose to our infrastructure, taxpayers’ money and police time.”

full article here

so just to sum this up, peaceful protesting can now land you in prison for a year and you might face an unlimited fine which i believe is up to £5000, and police can now stop and search you if they believe youre "setting out to cause chaos"

its specifically being put in place right before charles' coronation, but these are now considered criminal offenses so theyre not exclusive to it.

you know, a country where you can be put in prison for a year for peaceful protesting really doesnt sound like a fucking democracy to me.

[aeolianblues]

This feels like a better summary of the last 14 years than any political correspondent can put into a neat paragraph. Save for Rishi Sunak, every single one of the Tory PMs of the last 14 years has been booted out.

[jettison-my-gift]

Ok I’m fully for Scottish independence. Fuck the Tories. Fuck the English. Free the Scots. And give trans people the respect we deserve.

[seasonofthebxtch]

This is my favourite one so far

[davidtennantgenderenvy]

when David Tennant accidentally triggers the ire of the entire Tory government because of a throwaway line in an awards speech

[sspookyspoonss]

Promises Rishi Sunak could make that would be more popular than bringing back National Service:

Banning raisins

Exiling Piers Morgan

Making Greg’s sausage rolls the national dish

Revealing an alliance with Count Binface

Making all the members of the lords eat RAAC concrete each time they vote on a bill

Nuking Wolverhampton

Declare France an unsafe nation

Grant Cornish independence

Free school drinks so the UK can stay number one for child alcohol consumption

PG Tips monkey on a bank note

Ban authors making additions to their novels on Twitter

Eat out to help out that’s specifically targeting at getting women into lesbian bars

Naked calendar shoot with each Lord Justice of the UK Supreme for each month

Turing the Tory Manifesto into a Manga

Defecting to Labour

All I’m saying Rishi is if me and @livingforweevilwednesday ran your campaign you’d win the largest majority in UK history.

[neighbourhoodtwo]

usamericans please stop putting your "congrats uk!! hope this happens to us in november!!" posts in the uk politics tag please please you have no idea

[sometimesraven]

[anyoneknowwhatbrexitmeans]

The asylum system has been broken by the Tory Party, deliberately. It has created division and anger, probably deliberately. They created the division to gain votes, but they lost control of the narrative and the people they wanted to stir to anger.

[maladapted-druid]

BBC News: Transgender guidance: Schools to keep parents informed

BBC News - Transgender guidance: Schools to keep parents informed

So the British Government has banned transitioning for children in all but name:

Schools do not have to accept a child's request to socially transition

Teachers or pupils should not be pressured into using different pronouns

Teachers do not have a general duty to allow pupils to socially transition...ensuring parents are fully consented before any decision is taken

Changes should be carried out sensitively without implying contested views around gender identity are fact

Teaching staff, pupils and parents will also be told they do not have to observe a child's chosen name or pronouns if they hold protected religious or other beliefs

Toilets, changing rooms and some sports should be separated based a child's birth sex

Must not allow a child aged 11 or older to change or wash in front of a child of the opposite sex

Primary school children (11 and under) should not have different pronouns to their sex

Hold gender questioning children to the same uniform standard as other children of their sex

Record the name and biological sex of every pupil in the admissions register

What the actual fuck? What are these kids allowed to do? They can't use pronouns, names or clothing and if they're under 11 they can't even admit to being transgender! What is this government's problem with trans people? There's so few of them!

And why are we recording the contents of everyone's pants in the register? In case we forget? Seriously what purpose does that serve?

[nando161mando]

[listen-to-the-inner-walrus]

i need to stop crying about this election result [x]

[yousaytomato]

Ik this is only a tiny baby step to the left, but Even So, with the rise of extreme right politics in Europe, we're allowed to feel relieved

[leftmusing]

absolutely incredible scenes on channel 4 last night