[midasuni]

The irony is that HK is being used as a model to get rid of peaceful protest in the U.K. - 10 years in jail for peacefully walking up the road with a sign that annoys an MP.

[Wowfunhappy]

What are you referring to?

[stx]

I think he was referring to this:

https://www.businessinsider.com/boris-johnson-outlaw-protest...

[banannaise]

The US is doing similar things, via a combination of long sentences for petty crimes and abuse of arrest and pretrial detention powers.