I’m an American living in the US who used to live in the UK.

- There are no protests there because there is no 1st Amendment.
-There are no armed protestors because there is no 2nd Amendment.
- There is no local disagreement because all power is vested in central government. https://twitter.com/brianklaas/status/1253041477548158977">https://twitter.com/brianklaa...
“Look how docile everyone is! It’s b/c there’s no Fox News!”

No. It’s because if you showed up outside Parliament to protest the lockdown, you’d be arrested. You’d go to jail for a very long time if you did so while armed. That’s why nobody in Britain is protesting the lockdown.
That reminds me. I will have to update my US-UK Civil Liberties Comparison Tables to deal with lockdown once we get some federal court rulings over here. https://prestonbyrne.com/2016/01/06/uk-us-comparison/">https://prestonbyrne.com/2016/01/0...
A comparison of American and English Civil Liberties

This is a long blog post. Can you summarise it in a line? I can. England is not a free country. When quoting Winston Churchill or the Bible verbatim on a street corner is enough to get you arrested…

https://prestonbyrne.com/2016/01/06/uk-us-comparison/
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