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Government Surveillance of UK Bank Accounts
Chomper Higgot replied to Chomper Higgot's topic in UK & Europe Topics and Events
Perhaps, but it’s an observation that might be of interest to some expats living in Thailand. -
Government Surveillance of UK Bank Accounts
Chomper Higgot replied to Chomper Higgot's topic in UK & Europe Topics and Events
Which I guess is why the Government are not using the same powers to go after tax evasion. -
Moves by Government to enforce surveillance by banks of accounts held by people in receipt of benefits, and extending this surveillance to their family members and even the account holder’s landlord are being challenged. The party of individual freedom has gone full throttle towards surveillance society. This surveillance will extend to expats in receipt of UK State pensioners and might be of concern if they have not declared their residence overseas. https://amp.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/04/ministers-urged-to-scrap-plans-for-surveillance-of-benefit-claimants-bank-accounts
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Trump’s insurrection of J6 is a far better example of an attempt to overthrow the democratic will of the people. I do agree a rigged SCOTUS is definitely not the place to decide.
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Down play? Dianne Abbott? I’m simply relating the experiences of people I knew, had of both Nazi Germany and 1930s/40s Britain, as recorded in their correspondence. I’m pleased you at least know the Nazis conducted a reign of terror, which is precisely why in my opinion the statement ’Britain feels like Nazi Germany’ is hyperbole. The UK Government are not enacting any laws persecuting Jews or engaging in any of the behaviors and policies of the Nazis.
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I have a the personal letters of someone who, together with her brother, fled to the UK from Nazi Germany. The letters record the hatred the family were facing, their fear and their agonizing over the decision to flee. They also record the reception the siblings received in the UK and the first years of their lives in England. Tragically, letter after letter after letter brings news of the deportation of their parents, relatives and final confirmation of their deaths. I’ve frequently read these letters through my teenage years and adult life. I’m absolutely sure there are incidences of abuse against Jews in the UK, one such incident would be one too many, but I doubt very much anything happening in the UK now comes anywhere near close to the experiences of Jews in Nazi Germany. I do however think the experiences of Jews in the UK are heading in the direction of where they were in 1930s UK. Antisemitism has a long history in the UK and was certainly experienced for Jews who fled Nazi Germany to the UK. But the UK 2024 feeling like Nazi Germany? IMHO hyperbole.
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