BP-5254E

NEWS

WE HAVE A RIGHT TO PROTEST?

The UK gov't - faced with a legal challenge - backed down from its ban on protests on the basis they might cause "more than minor disruption." A victory for the right to protest - or, at least, one battle won?

LBC

Dictatorship

PX-5252B

PODS

IS THE UK A DICTATORSHIP?

People in the UK are no longer allowed to disagree with the gov't about Israel-Palestine - it appears - using their age-old rights of protest. PM Keir Starmer - and the police - are clamping down hard on dissent?

DDN

Dictatorship

PX-5197C

PODS

UK GOV'T IS AUTHORITARIAN?

After a historian expressed an opinion on Sir Keir Starmer - the leader of the UK gov't - Starmer acted forcefully to attempt to suppress Starkey. Given other indications - does the UK have an authoritarian gov't?

VARIOUS OTHER SOURCES

Dictatorship

BP-4494C

NEWS

THE FRENCH HAVE IT - NOT US

No Confidence vote has landed on the French PM, bringing down the government. Parliament's Lower House was unhappy with the PM's austerity budget - being forced through without a vote. Err NON merci!

FRANCE 24

Dictatorship

OP-4355A

NEWS

NEW SYSTEM REQUIRED?

The French parliamentary system is quite different to the UK's. But like in the UK - it identifies all that is wrong in the current system. Do we need to sketch out a completely new system - a NON-Party system?

THE GUARDIAN

Dictatorship