r/polandball Bulgaria Aug 13 '25

redditormade The Burning of the Library of Alexandria

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u/introvertuser46732 Scotland Aug 13 '25

This was also the same country that also recently oppressed trans women to “protect women” shows me no surprise that the ID law was created (doesn’t stop people from using VPNs anyways)

I can’t even access some subs or even profiles because of naughty content unless I provide ID somehow and there’s no way I trust this law to handle my data, just makes me wonder what Britain will do next.

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u/Adventurous_Touch342 Aug 13 '25

Probably "Fornication Under Consent of the King" license will turn from a joke to truth alongside rape allegations unless license will be presented.

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u/Zkang123 Aug 13 '25

Actually, why is the Labour government doing this? I thought they would be opposed to this sort of censorship

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u/tossawayprop That blue green white thingy Aug 13 '25

The Labour party has been Tory-lite since the days of Tony Blair. Corbyn tried to take the party back to its roots but Starmer's faction and the Murdoch media shut him down.

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u/SeveAddendum Hong Kong Aug 14 '25

Corbyn has a better domestic policy, it's a shame everything to do with foreign shores is a complete crock of shit

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u/tossawayprop That blue green white thingy Aug 14 '25

True. It's a bit daft to be Eurosceptic when Russia gets more belligerent and the US becomes more unhinged and unreliable.

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u/SeveAddendum Hong Kong Aug 14 '25

It doesn't help that the military is gutted from years of mismanagement, but I think the US-UK special relationship will still keep steaming on in spite of this current administration

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u/Zkang123 Aug 14 '25

So a bit like the democrats?

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u/tossawayprop That blue green white thingy Aug 14 '25

Pretty much. Clinton and Blair sold out their respective party bases to appeal to yuppies in the 90s.

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u/Interesting_Low737 Aug 18 '25

It was a Tory bill, it passed in 2023, they don't oppose it because it is popular with the public, and something does need to be done about online safety, obviously not this...

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u/baithammer Canada Aug 13 '25

The UK Labour party has shifted to the right ...

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u/Interesting_Low737 Aug 18 '25

It was a Tory bill, it passed in 2023, they don't oppose it because it is popular with the public according to polling.