The UK has turned into a total dictatorship. They've used the Secrets Act 100+ times this year to arrest people, Spotify now requires Photo ID verification, and they forced Apple to turn off iCloud encryption. Remember when they criticized Hong Kong for their National Security Law? SAD. Glad to see Trump spoke to their PM about this: if they don't share our values, I don't see why we need our "special relationship" with them.

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How many executive orders have been signed in this country in the last 7 months?

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If you still don’t understand, then I am concerned about you.

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What do you mean by ‘Secrets Act’?
Do you mean the Official Secrets Act? This protects government information relating to national security. Am bottle aware of any recent arrests for breaching this.
The apple thing was a bit weird, I admit.

There is no comparison to HK who disappear people regularly (and, of course, refugees from HK are welcome in the UK with many coming over the last few years).

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The irony is that the UK is looking more and more like a tyrannical regime with every passing day

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Oh look, it’s Engagement Manager again.

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Summoning PWC and his screenshot....

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Actual British person here. You have no idea how bad things really are.

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Okay, actual British person. Do you want some tea?

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Vote Reform

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That is a good joke!

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They believe in kings and queens there and don’t season their food. A dictatorship is the least of their worries

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Who better to choose your head of state than God🤷‍♂️

Plenty of terrible heads of state chosen by the people around the world.

I mean, if you mean the new law that means you have to submit ID to spank the monkey over some online adult entertainment (like in Texas, Virginia, South Carolina etc), then yes, total fascist dictatorship.

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P1 needs to check yo self before yo wreck yo self.

Arresting people for memes while their country is raped. Truly pathetic.

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You can get arrested over tweets there…

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It is possible, if you are inciting your followers to commit a criminal act. In the UK, not everyone who is arrested will be prosecuted, and not everyone who is prosecuted will be convicted. That's how the law works in a democracy.

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I’m too British for this. Please look inward:

https://freedomhouse.org/country/scores

If you are going to crticise the UK at least do it based on facts. Where did you get the figure of 100+ given the data is not published? Spotify is a Swedish company so how is this related to the UK? The UK did not force Apple to completely turn off iCloud encryption for all users; instead, the UK government demanded access to data protected by end-to-end encryption, which led Apple to remove its optional Advanced Data Protection (ADP) feature from the UK for new users in February 2025, significantly reducing the level of security for UK iCloud users. While not a complete removal of encryption, this action makes UK iCloud data accessible to Apple and law enforcement with a warrant under standard encryption, whereas it would have been inaccessible with ADP enabled.

Have you ever been to the UK? Who do you imagine is the dictator? Surely not Keir Starmer, the UK Prime Minister. Based on his performance to date he would be voted out at the next general election, and could be replaced long before then. That's called democracy. And btw, people who breach the Official Secrets Act would be arrested in any functioning democracy.

Brit here who splits time between the US and UK.

The US is fast heading towards tyranny and repression. It’ll happen in the UK soon if it’s not stopped.

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