Britain under the Conservatives was bad enough, But Starmer and his like minded autocrats really can not get enough of a good bit of repression (builds character, a Cabinet minister was heard to explain).
‘The police, governments and the media have sought to conflate peaceful protest with extremism and terrorism. Protest methods used for centuries, such as blocking roads, have been recast as the end of civilisation.’
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/03/protest-britain-activists-quaker-meeting-house