UK Police Get 'New Powers,' Democracy Dies Quietly
Al-Monitor reports the UK government, rattled by the persistent, constitutionally protected outcry against actions in Gaza, will now let police consider the 'cumulative impact' of dissent. This isn't about public safety; it's about making public conscience disappear. When did exercising fundamental rights become an inconvenience that requires new policing powers? Funny how the 'cumulative impact'
of arms sales to regimes accused of war crimes, or the 'cumulative impact' of decades of displacement, rarely warrants such urgent legislative action. Instead, the focus shifts to silencing those who shine a light on the actual cumulative impacts of geopolitical policy. One might wonder if the 'threat' isn't the protest, but the message it carries.