Not yet but we are going down a very authoritarian route supported by the press as well as Trump and Putin. In fact as a simple example in Ealing where the CPZ renewals scandal is in play we see nothing from the Council leadership apart from denying responsibility. Individual councillors are trying to solve problems for residents who are having problems with the systems. It is the arrogance and lack of accountability. This is part of a trend where power gets centralised. We see with the rubbishing of the courts and parliament by various politicians that the obstruction of the people's will and the subsequent murder of Jo Cox and death threats to politicians encouraged by headlines calling people traitors. This is an unhealthy climate. We still have freedom but we are a few steps along the way towards losing it. The bullying of the BBC where they are afraid to show correct footage of Boris Johnson laying the wreath this year in case they embarrass him is another part of this. The words of various people about violence on the streets if we didn't leave on the 31st is encouraging hate and division. The Stasi was a way of keeping a people that were not trusted under control. After all these people had allowed Hitler to come into power. So for Stalin and the paranoia of the leadership this was the only way. But we should be worried as History does have a tendency to repeat itself. We have had Oswald Moseley but thank goodness we also had Winston Churchill. The sacking of Churchill's grandson Nicholas Soames is a very telling sign about Boris's attitude towards democracy.

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Topic	Date Posted	Posted By
Anyone voting in election should listen to	10/11/19 11:59:00	M Powes
Re:Anyone voting in election should listen to	13/11/19 12:03:00	Peter Chadburn
Re:Re:Anyone voting in election should listen to	13/11/19 13:18:00	N V Brooks
Re:Re:Re:Anyone voting in election should listen to	13/11/19 15:08:00	Peter Chadburn
Re:Re:Re:Re:Anyone voting in election should listen to	13/11/19 15:21:00	N V Brooks
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Anyone voting in election should listen to	13/11/19 15:52:00	Peter Chadburn
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Anyone voting in election should listen to	13/11/19 16:08:00	N V Brooks
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Anyone voting in election should listen to	13/11/19 16:20:00	Peter Chadburn
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Anyone voting in election should listen to	13/11/19 17:06:00	N V Brooks
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Anyone voting in election should listen to	13/11/19 17:37:00	Peter Chadburn

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