cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16064759

Sorry Darin, not a grass

On some things the UK is progressive, on other issues, like sustainable transport, they see it as antisocial behaviour.

    • sushibowlEnglish
      34·
      6 months ago

      Yes they do. That’s why they’re asking the general public to snitch on themselves.

    • BobEnglish
      8·
      6 months ago

      The police has been underfunded and understaffed for decades as a result of Thatcherite economics treating public services as businesses and austerity policies, meaning the bar has got quite low for policing standards, making it a breeding ground for abusers with small amounts of power, all the while being too corrupt for any of them to do anything about it.