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(112 Posts)
GagaJo Sat 11-Mar-23 12:16:23

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

GagaJo Sat 11-Mar-23 12:15:33

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

Galaxy Sat 11-Mar-23 12:15:19

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

grandtanteJE65 Sat 11-Mar-23 12:14:11

Do as the Israelis are doing: demonstrate or strike!

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

MaizieD Sat 11-Mar-23 12:13:16

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.

Chardy Sat 11-Mar-23 12:13:05

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.

Glorianny Sat 11-Mar-23 12:12:50

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.

FannyCornforth Sat 11-Mar-23 12:10:20

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

timetogo2016 Sat 11-Mar-23 12:09:54

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

biglouis Sat 11-Mar-23 12:06:53

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

Galaxy Sat 11-Mar-23 12:05:19

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

CvD66 Sat 11-Mar-23 12:02:56

...at this government (adjectives deleted to enable post to survive) and its policies. Whether its the appalling language and terms of this new Immigration bill, the current attempts to limit free speech, voting restrictions particularly for young people, polluted rivers and seas (affecting wildlife, tourism and well being), the cost of living crisis, unaffordable energy bills, threats of higher mortgage costs, significant decrease in rape prosecutions, repeated examples of government waste (PPE being the prime example) and so on.... there is so much we need to be opposing. Yes I know we can all vote in the local and one day general elections, yet making a protest that might actually resonate with the government seems impossible. So well done to Linekar with his 6m followers! Any ideas from posters on what we as individuals could do, that could create a ripple?