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Re:Theresa May: UK must leave European single market by YeGoblynQueenne on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @08:17AM (#13417190)
What double standards! So, trade tariffs and custom agreements: bureaucracy; restrictions on free movement [1] - that's just the will of the people!

Populism is going to cost the UK dearly. And not just in terms of money. The UK is heading headlong into a kind of society taken straight out of the pages of "V for Vendetta".

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[1] "Controls on immigration"

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Re:Theresa May: UK must leave European single market by andybak on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @08:19AM (#13417212)
> The UK is heading headlong into a kind of society taken straight out of the pages of "V for Vendetta".

I call "Godwin by Proxy".

There's many reasons to fear current trends but it's a touch premature to predict we're about to become a fascist dictatorship.

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Re:Theresa May: UK must leave European single market by gpderetta on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @09:14AM (#13417634)
"funnily enough" [1], it seems the only obstacle to government mass surveillance and privacy invasion in UK is the ECJ...

[1] as in, not funny at all

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Re:Theresa May: UK must leave European single market by YeGoblynQueenne on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @12:05AM (#13424117)
What gpderetta said, and also Teresa May pushed aggressively for RIPA, and has spoken about getting out of the jurisdiction of the ECHR.
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