Comment by foldr

Comment by foldr 4 hours ago

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You don’t refer to any specific cases so I can’t offer any specific response, but the key phrase is

> under ___ laws.

A police state is one where the police arrest whoever the government directs them to arrest (rather than enforcing the law). Keir Starmer is not phoning up Police chiefs to get people disappeared.

linuxftw 4 hours ago

The laws are whatever the UK's kangaroo courts decide they are. It's a total police state.

  • KaiserPro 2 hours ago

    > whatever the UK's kangaroo courts decide

    I mean there isn't a UK court. There's the supreme court, but one can still appeal to the Hague to get you out of a jam. But yeah, you keep thinking that. Its not like with have a shadow docket going on, undermining the constitution.

    > It's a total police state.

    I can still, on record call Starmer "a massive fucking prick".

    I can do that on TV.

    I will not get arrested, I will not have an ICE raid called on me, I won't get death threats.

    I won't lose my job[1]

    So no, its not a police state, because the judiciary is still working, more or less

    [1] not my current job anyway

  • foldr 4 hours ago

    Courts ruling on matters of legal interpretation is how things are supposed to work. This is like saying “the US Constitution is whatever the kangaroo Supreme Court says that it is.”