The UK is becoming more and more tyrannical by the month

It's rather incredible that the nation that gave us Magna Carta nowadays has less speech rights than countries like Russia. Indeed, while in Russia about 500 or so people are arrested every year for their expression of opinion online, the UK recently surpassed the 10 thousand arrests per year landmark, for people expressing their opinions online.

And it's not just the staggering number of arrests: It's the severity of the sentences. You can literally be given a longer jail sentence for something you say online than for raping a minor. And that's not hyperbole or exaggeration, is there have been actual cases.

And the thing is, you can be put in jail for some time and given a fine completely at the discretion of and judgment of police officers and their personal opinions of whether what you said was "offensive" and might have caused "anxiety" to someone. Indeed, a cop can decide, all on his own, based on his own personal opinion, whether to issue you a fine based on what you wrote or said.

For longer jail sentences, like the ones that are longer than for rape, a court trial and judge decision still needs to happen. A court trial where the accused has to be present and can defend himself.

But that's going to change, if it hasn't already.

Indeed, a new proposal (which might have actually already passed) would bypass this, and would allow judges to convict people to fines or jail without a court trial, without the person in question being present and able to defend himself, and even without the accused even being informed of the fact that he is being investigated and judged in this manner.

That's right: If this new law passes (assuming it hasn't passed already), you could write something online, and some time later the cops could just appear at your home or even grab you off the street and send you directly to 2 years in prison, without any trial, without any hearings, without giving you any opportunity to defend yourself, without you even knowing that such a thing is being investigated by the cops and some judge.

All the while those exact same judges are letting rapists and thieves walk free (again, actual existing examples, no hyperbole or exaggeration.)

The UK is becoming more and more tyrannical by the month. Free speech is being completely eradicated, and even the judiciary system is being eroded. You can literally be convicted to jail without a trial, just because a judge says so. It's actually incredible to watch.