Worrying comments about the judiciary

[AnyOldSpartabix]

This particular article does not specifically relate to feminist issues, but given that we are currently relying on judicial reviews as a last line of defence in a debate where many of us feel the government (and its agencies, such as the police) has been captured by lobbyists, the suggestion by the government, that they might interfere with the judiciary is deeply worrying.

Suggesting that the public are not happy seems disingenuous as best. This commentary is directly from those governing, who seem to feel that they should not be challenged.

www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-51474169

To be fair, Conservatives trailed this before the election because they very much do not like to be challenged. People voted for it.

Yes, it pains me to write the above.

This is why this Tory Govt terrifies me. I don’t think people had any conception of what this might mean in practice but they did vote for it.

Meanwhile we have no decent opposition to hold the government accountable because they are too busy scoring woke points and would probably be happy to clamp down on democracy and free speech themselves.

Yes there is a nasty authoritarian streak in the Labour Party atm. Liberal democratic values appear to have disappeared