Comment by zimpenfish

1 day ago

> This was Brexits doing.

Not really? We've had horrors like the 2000 RIP[0] well before Brexit. The Blair government made a huge dent in civil liberties and the Tories carried it on.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_Investigatory_Po...

This is one of the reasons why I will never vote Labour.

The UK has always hated not allowing people to self-incriminate, though...

  • > This is one of the reasons why I will never vote Labour.

    The Tories are generally worse. But I agree it's currently a case of "lesser of two evils".