As a person from the UK, I’d guess this is probably one of those things where the UK government is too cowardly to do or say anything when it actually matters, but once they’re certain there’s no chance of any blowback at all they issue some meaningless bill that says “we were against this sort of thing all along” so it looks like they’re actually doing something even though they’re not.
Or it’s one of those things that’ll be so vaguely worded that it could apply to just about anything and they’ll just use it to harass protestors and/or asylum seekers. Or maybe both!
“Well I say Sir Gringlesnap, these dreadful protesters prostesting against my beating them with the jolly old blackjack must be working for Wagner. Throw them into Australia for me, if you would.”
As a person from the UK, I’d guess this is probably one of those things where the UK government is too cowardly to do or say anything when it actually matters, but once they’re certain there’s no chance of any blowback at all they issue some meaningless bill that says “we were against this sort of thing all along” so it looks like they’re actually doing something even though they’re not.
Or it’s one of those things that’ll be so vaguely worded that it could apply to just about anything and they’ll just use it to harass protestors and/or asylum seekers. Or maybe both!
I mean they’re probably doing this to try and distract from the schools fiasco at the moment.
“Well I say Sir Gringlesnap, these dreadful protesters prostesting against my beating them with the jolly old blackjack must be working for Wagner. Throw them into Australia for me, if you would.”