Decide who escalated it. Fuck the Police. Fuck Priti Patel. Fuck the Bill and Fuck this Government.
And letâs not forget, our security services sent the Manchester bomber and his dad over to be extremists during the uprising. That went wellâŚ
Yep, and from the recent deliberate leaking of the defence command paper and Labourâs outrageous escalation it doesnât look like things are going to get better anywhen soon.
I think weâre living in very dangerous times.
Pretty much all the levers that we have to be governed by consent are denied to us.
We have a choice between two shitshows at Parliament and get battered if we protest.
Quiet, ânon annoyingâ protests will be allowed as long as the Home Secretary and the police give their blessing and impose a start and end time. You have the right to protest as long as no-one sees or hears about it. They will decide what is a protest, or noisy. Much like the situation was in the old East Germany. In the real world how can a protest be banned for being noisy or a nuisance before it takes place? Do they propose to let it go ahead, then make everyone disperse as soon as someone yells, âWhat do we wantâ? This is tyranny, plain and simple, the parallels with 1930s Germany are getting starker by the day, Compulsory flying of the Union Jack on all government buildings,(will this include job centres)? I bet the SNP are loving this. I see the DUP are demanding that this new rule will apply to buildings in Ulster, that will end well! When law becomes tyranny, protest becomes duty, and I predict the day this fascistic bill finally goes through parliament and becomes law, the Bristol protests will look like a childâs tea party in comparison to what will happen then.
This government knows what is coming further down the road once the new austerity kicks in, or the clown has to suspend his road map, reaching the point where âThe election will be postponed due to extenuating circumstancesâ. Thatâs the purpose of this law, and their need to ban protests. Nothing will be off the table for these bastards. Sleepwalking towards fascism, and as long as 40% of the dumb electorate carry on supporting and cheerleading for it it will arrive faster than anyone thinks. People need to wake up before itâs too late.
âMinisters have ordered the union flag to be flown every day on all UK government buildings in Britainâ. Ordered!? Jawohl Mein Fuhrer. Itâs all getting a bit North Korean for my tastes! Whatâs coming next, large portraits of the fool on billboards every mile along the motorways, in his Union Jack Superman outfit, with a cucumber stuffed down the front of his pants?
On a more serious note, how long before flagpoles start popping up in gardens all over the country? They are positively encouraging it, relaxing planning rules, nationalistic rhetoric about how we all should be proud to see the union flag flying high as a âsymbol of liberty, unity and freedomâ. I guarantee there will be hordes of âpatriotsâ flocking to buy Union Jacks over the next weeks and months, itâs nailed on. They will be flying on housing estates, (especially in the red wall areas), posh detached houses, pubs. All making their statement. Neighbours who prefer not to take part in this nonsense will be,âhaters of their countryâ. This is the Britain this government is trying to create, and they are well on the way to succeeding. Itâs a slippery slope.
One thingâs for sure, with all the government buildings in the UK, there will be some fat contracts to be had importing all these Union Jacks - from China! Itâs probably already been âwonâ by the proprietor of the Pink Tie Boutique on Newmarket high street!
One thing I did learn today is that the current law makes it compulsory to fly the flag on all public buildings on 20 occasions every year, days of great importance to the country. One of the 20 days of great importance is Prince Andrewâs birthday. Seriously! So every year, on his birthday, the royal nonce gets flags flown on public buildings in his honour. Brings a lump to the old throat!
Pedant alert : itâs the Union Flag not the Union Jack.
The detained legitimate observers in London too.
Iâve suggest that we need to raise an alternative flag on places that have closed due to austerity. So you can have 'this (name of service/agency) closed in (year) due to Tory cuts" and see how many there are. We could also list he numbers of jobs lost.
Anything else we could highlight with a flag?
Foodbanks.
130000 Covid graves.
So something like 'this is food bank no 100 out of 1200 opened (date) due to Tory cuts.There were only 56 in 2010" ?
Nursing homes and rehab centres that are now flats.
or old office buildings converted into flats.
But wasnât everyone already encouraged to be waving / saluting the flag ahead of Brexit? It showed how great the Government was, doing what the people wanted, right?
Must be a bit of conflict with those who were arguing so much for Brexit and what seems to be happening to the nation now
Slowly, slowly catchy monkey�
Iâll sit back and let the pelters just wash over me. 
Genuinely- who? Iâve obviously watched the BBC on an off for years, butâŚ
âŚan inedible blank on my memory Iâm afraid.