2024-08-12 16:33:10
The United Kingdom is considered a free and democratic state, and was given the status of "Free" in Freedom House's 2024 ratings. The UK's rating of 91/100 placed it 35th out of 210 countries, 24 places ahead of the United States. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(21-1-29) Author
2024-08-12 17:34:18
NNN, Comment is in the context of the current surveillance of the UK authorities policing comments that might be interpreted as offensive, hateful and/or could inspire violence. This is a lose statue that allows the authorities to stamp down opposition which is illiberal [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(7-0-10) Author
2024-08-12 22:32:19
NNN - Links to the freedom index are utterly irrelevant in the context of what Elon is talking about - the attack of the new Labour govt in the last few months on freedom of speech, arresting people for [legal] tweets etc. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(5-0-10) Author
2024-08-13 19:24:55
NNN. it's a joke. Not a particularly funny one but not worthy of a note. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(0-0-2) Author