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How many of you know what happened yesterday? A new "independent" review for the government, proposing that the last rights of left-wing movements to protest are terminated. Blatantly partisan, dictator's powers, yet scarcely any coverage. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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A #police #state is created through the death of #FreeSpeech but one thousand cuts.
The #UK needs a written #Constitution and a Bill of Rights to protect us from politicians who think they are right, when they are merely scared and angry.

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How many in Government go to bed clutching their copy of the Nazis Gaupropagandaamt Booklet

research.calvin.edu/german-propa...

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Meanwhile in the US…

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Is Bannon and other American conservatives still involved in this?

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George Monbiot's avatar George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
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It's part of a pattern of appointing extreme rightwingers as "independent" policy reviewers. The kind of thing Victor Orban does in Hungary. Now standard practice in the UK too.

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