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by fuzzybeard 3321 days ago
Not sure how it works in the UK, but here in the US there's a difference between "conservatives" and "Republicans". The key being that Republicans love big government when it's them in charge of it whereas conservatives want less government.

So from the conservative conferences I've attended, the general sentiment is that people DON'T want an authoritarian government watching them. Further right into Nationalism is where you get the "if you didn't do anything wrong you have nothing to hide" mentality.

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> So from the conservative conferences I've attended, the general sentiment is that people DON'T want an authoritarian government watching them.

May, as Home Secretary, made the laws that give the UK government 72 hours (IIRC) to read your personal email and 3 months to see all the subject lines / senders / recipients.

To be clear: I'm not advocating voting for Corbyn by the above.