So how can we show our disgust ...

Join an opposition party, fundraise for them, post leaflets in the rain, boring stuff like that I am afraid.

We are too soft in this country. We should protest like the French.

I agree biglouis,were walked all over and we just sit and moan.

biglouis

We are too soft in this country. We should protest like the French.

Absolutely
They are currently up in arms because the retirement age in France is being raised from 62 to 64.
I’ve always thought that ‘our’ animosity towards the French is because we are secretly envious of their feistiness and noncompliance

Join an organisation which support refugees and campaigns against draconian laws.
Here's one togetherwithrefugees.org.uk/
and another
www.refugee-action.org.uk/support-us/volunteers/
Support their campaigns and join their actions.

Galaxy

Join an opposition party, fundraise for them, post leaflets in the rain, boring stuff like that I am afraid.

Sadly the Opposition Party are no better. They care little for ordinary people, and nothing for the vulnerable.

biglouis

We are too soft in this country. We should protest like the French.

Unless of course, we are climate activists or people pulling down the statue of a racist slave trader.

Do as the Israelis are doing: demonstrate or strike!

It seems to be working there, so why not in the UK?

Anyone who says there is no difference doesnt actually need an alternative government.

We had a chance in the last election and the populace picked Boris.

Exactly Maisie. Then they're called hooligans and reviled.

Chardy

Galaxy

Join an opposition party, fundraise for them, post leaflets in the rain, boring stuff like that I am afraid.

Sadly the Opposition Party are no better. They care little for ordinary people, and nothing for the vulnerable.

Aren't all people just ordinary?

I'm still wondering who the unordinary people are.

Galaxy

Join an opposition party, fundraise for them, post leaflets in the rain, boring stuff like that I am afraid.

Exactly.
Hope for the Party you support to get in next time.Then listen to all the moans from those who didn’t want them in power, and so it goes on.
It’s a symptom of the modern world that people want instant changes to anything they don’t like.😄
Other things to do, email your MP, write angry letters to newspapers, join online petitions.
None of those will achieve anything but will make you feel better. Having a moan on social media is the last resort.

growstuff

Chardy

Galaxy

Join an opposition party, fundraise for them, post leaflets in the rain, boring stuff like that I am afraid.

Sadly the Opposition Party are no better. They care little for ordinary people, and nothing for the vulnerable.

Aren't all people just ordinary?

I'm still wondering who the unordinary people are.

Millionaires? Billionaires? Overpaid footballers? Overpaid football pundits?
Ordinary people is just a phrase for most of the rest of us, worrying about bills, having to use the NHS and generally trying to get by in life.

We do need to take to the streets I admire the French for their ability to collect the masses when needed

Go on then Bluebelle off to man the barricades with a thermos😁

But where does demonstrating get the French? Their pension age is still going to rise, as with many other things they have demonstrated against - anyway how do we know that demonstrators are representative of the country as a whole?

We get the Government we deserve, and will no doubt end up deserving the next one too..

Campaign for electoral reform. Remember that this "landslide victory" of an eighty seat majority that the Tories got in 2019 was a result of them getting only 43% of the votes. 57% of those who voted voted against them - yet we ended up with a corrupt right wing dictatorship.

We need to elect our government by PR. Belarus is the only other European country to use the undemocratic FPTP electoral system.

M0nica

But where does demonstrating get the French? Their pension age is still going to rise, as with many other things they have demonstrated against - anyway how do we know that demonstrators are representative of the country as a whole?

It’s only going to rise to 64 though Monica, not 67 which it will be soon for the UK. So maybe all the protesting is achieving something!

We have to chip away at showing support for others who are standing up to be heard, like Gary Lineker, fund those who are fighting for human rights for others, and positively support strikers.
I’ve always been quite moderate but enough is enough. We are experiencing the thin end of a dangerous right wing wedge.
I actually believe that extreme right wing or extreme left wing are equally damaging and dangerous. So for me, I would prefer to see proportional representation.

Well we did take to the streets to march against going to war with Iraq, perhaps that showed us the futility of protest.
Having said that, it seemed to work in Scotland with the Poll tax.

I agree that the main opposition party is not much different to the Tories, maybe the answer is to vote in large numbers for outlying parties like the Greens, in order to show that being right wing is not the sure fire vote winner that both the main parties think it is.

It worked in England against the pole tax as well!

Chardy

Galaxy

Join an opposition party, fundraise for them, post leaflets in the rain, boring stuff like that I am afraid.

Sadly the Opposition Party are no better. They care little for ordinary people, and nothing for the vulnerable.

Can you give me examples of this please…