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[–] Dasnap 90 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Tories really trying to cause as much harm as possible before they get voted out so they can blame the next party for mismanaging their mistakes.

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the U.K.’s Minister for Culture, Media and Sport simply re-hashes an imaginary world in which messages can be scanned while user privacy is maintained.

Those are literally opposites to each other.

[–] leraje 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's not just the Tories, Keir Starmer has already tried to get VPN's included in the bill. Don't kid yourself its going to be any better when Labour get in.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Keir Starmer is just a colour blind Tory who put on the wrong sash.

[–] leraje 10 points 1 year ago

No doubt, but he's very likely going to be the next PM. Even if the current proposed legislation doesn't get through the Lords or get scrapped or not implemented before the Tories get booted out, he clearly sees this sort of bill as a good thing and will introduce his own.

[–] hello_cruel_world 4 points 1 year ago

Labour's authoritarian streak is slightly more than the tories. Only sightly, mind. Labour have zero intention of stopping or (if it goes through - it still needs to go through the Lords yet, and as I understand it, they're not as keen) if it goes into law: removing it.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Tories really trying to cause as much harm as possible before they get voted out so they can blame the next party for mismanaging their mistakes.

That's the conservative M.O. It's literally the only thing they do.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're underestimating Starmer Chameleon's ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

[–] jkure2 1 points 1 year ago

Plus starmer's gov would probably do something similar lol the man is a red Tory through and through