Theresa May's plans are a threat to British values

[jakeXT]

“For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens: as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone.”

This, incredibly enough, is how the prime minister is opening his argument for protecting British values. In fact, these words were released in advance to the media, suggesting he does not see the irony. What he has described above is as effective a definition of British values as exists. It is a free society: follow the law and the state will leave you alone. It is remarkable that a supposedly Conservative politician would not recognise that.

He now he plans to dismantle this notion in the name of British values. The government plans to interfere with legal behaviour.

The details are still not clear and won’t get much clearer until the Queen’s Speech – or probably afterwards. But we do know three things: 1) that the definition of an extremist is being expanded 2) that the process for how someone is officially designated as an extremist is shrouded in mystery, and 3) that the list of restrictions which applies to them once they have been designated an extremist is now extremely broad and intrusive.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/comment/talking-politics/theresa-mays-plans-are-a-threat-to-british-values-111342416.html

[bemildred]

1. The Prime Minister is not very good at expressing himself, is he?

They must be getting scared to be considering such folly. Reeks of thought crime and such ideas. It is not enough to be a good citizen, one must not question the status quo, is the way it usually works, and the effect is always to strengthen the resistance to the status quo, since it makes it worse.