This Basic Right Is Under Threat In Britain
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Britain is one of the world’s oldest democracies, but some worry that essential rights and freedoms are under threat.
  • thanksforallthefishEnglish
    3·
    11 months ago

    Under threat ? That boat has already sailed. We no longer have the right to protest

  • tardigrada@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
    22·
    11 months ago

    I largely agree with the article’s content and meaning, but the title is somewhat misleading imo as Britain is not a democracy.

    • Nighed@sffa.communityEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      The UK is a democracy. Some may argue about how good of one it is, but it is one.

      The whole monarchy being technically all powerful is really a break glass in case of emergency thing. They can intervene once, then we would be a republic. (See 1975 dissolution of the Australian government by the crown)

      • tardigrada@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        Well, I agree to some point. You know certainly more about the UK than I do (I’m not British), and you’ll also know about ‘royal interventions’ like this or that.

        But I’d say this kind of lobbying is a reality in other European democracies, too, even without a royal family. There are just other interest groups trying to influence laws.