UK British News Megathread - aka CWCissey's news thread

>IMPLYING · Jul 23, 2025

Kier Starmer said:
What is everyone's weapon for defense going to be? I am thinking metal bat and for indoors, crossbow or mechanical bow if I am feeling extra spicy.

A self-assured look of superiority with just a thimble of contempt.

teriyakiburns · Jul 23, 2025

Kier Starmer said:
What is everyone's weapon for defense going to be? I am thinking metal bat and for indoors, crossbow or mechanical bow if I am feeling extra spicy.

A stern letter to The Times.

James X Maxwell said:
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femboy fart huffer · Jul 23, 2025

ChonkyNeko said:
VPN providers are about to make absolutely FAT stacks right now with this retarded online act coming into play.

I fucking love how cloudflare are not only spineless cunts but also hate tor. I can't even connect to half the sites I fucking want to without spamming f5 to try get an exit node that isn't blocked. Fuck vpns they're all scams and the people that shill them are retarded at best. But fucking hell yea fine with vpns but hate the objectively superior version. I just fucking hope the government gets it's shit pushed in when they try to enforce their laws on places that are just simply not in their jurisdiction. I sure do love only being able to use about 10 fucking websites that the government personally selected and even then fuck using any of them if it wants me to link my fucking id to anything considering how much this country loves to arrest people for saying words online. I really especially doubly love that the pc market is a fucking shit show, I was hoping win11's spyware bullshit would force me to upgrade pc and switch os in october but that's been brought forward by these retards and fuck knows there are no good options for upgrading in this current market I really love that.

Made In Wales · Jul 23, 2025

Kier Starmer said:
What is everyone's weapon for defense going to be? I am thinking metal bat and for indoors, crossbow or mechanical bow if I am feeling extra spicy.

The Far Left.

Seriously - they can do the aggro and violence and drag Starmer out into the streets..

If and when Starmer goes bat-shit insane and demands the Army kill us all, I think he'll be dragged off to the Loony Bin.

I'm actually more confident that, because people can see there's no future under Labour, this will be over soon. When people lose any fear factor or remaining respect for authority, then those in charge will shit themselves sideways big time.

Now that the 'Farms seems to be working again...

Man found guilty of attempting to assist 'Russian spies' in breach of national security:

https://www.gbnews.com/news/essex-news-man-found-guilty-attempting-assist-russian-spies

https://archive.ph/wip/atfm4

Burka-clad 'hitwoman' tried to shoot dead Birmingham shopkeeper, court hears:

https://www.gbnews.com/news/burka-hitwoman-shoot-dead-birmingham-shopkeeper

https://archive.ph/XwKEO

NHS probes hormone scandal at Brighton GP after hundreds of under-18s given puberty blockers:

https://www.gbnews.com/news/nhs-probe-hormone-scandal-brighton-gp

https://archive.ph/wip/DFLGu

Morethanabitfoolish · Jul 23, 2025

Sodding lack of Kiwi Farms. Grumble mutter.
I must look up Null's twitter at some point as I need to favourite it as a backup info source.

Anyway funnier stuff.

Police caught escorting the pro-migrant lot to the hotels. As mentioned upthread they claim to have treated both sides equally.

https://archive.ph/K3Adl

Police have admitted escorting pro-migrant protesters to an asylum hotel at the centre of days of volatile demonstrations.
Essex Police initially denied that it had brought activists from the group Stand up to Racism to the Bell Hotel in Epping amid claims by anti-migrant protesters that the arrival of counter-demonstrators sparked the violence on July 17.
However, the force backtracked after being shown footage of the protesters being escorted by officers from a nearby station to the hotel.
On Wednesday, Essex Police will hold a press conference, at which is expected to explain its policing of the demonstrations.
It came as Angela Rayner, the Deputy Prime Minister, admitted that mass migration is threatening community cohesion, amid growing fears over another summer of riots.

In total, six people have been charged with offences related to the disorder in Epping, following further clashes between demonstrators and police on Sunday.

Assistant Chief Constable Stuart Hooper said: “We have a reasonable duty to protect people who want to exercise their rights.
“In terms of bringing people to the hotel, the police have a duty to facilitate free assembly. We would only ever take people away from protest if we felt there was an immediate threat to people or property, to free up police resources, to protect others, or to prevent additional violence.
“In Epping, officers took all three of those into account before making their decisions.”
Nigel Farage said “heads must roll” after police officers escorted Antifa protesters to the Bell Hotel in Epping “to force a confrontation”. He added: “Initially they denied that it had ever happened in the first place.”
The Reform UK leader earlier said: “I didn’t want to believe this had happened and then I saw the video. It’s an absolute disgrace, and the police’s priorities need urgently looking at.”

Residents said the decision to escort counter-protesters, some of whom were masked, towards the hotel had made violence inevitable.
Footage shared on social media suggested the confrontation escalated shortly after the arrival of the counter-demonstrators, with objects reportedly thrown and minor injuries sustained.

Orla Minihane, a leader of the anti-migrant protests and a Reform UK council candidate, said that residents – many of whom said they were there because they wanted women and girls to be safe going out alone – felt police were almost forcing a “confrontation” between the two groups.

The row follows numerous accusations of two-tier justice levelled against police in recent months.
Allison Pearson, The Telegraph journalist, was investigated by Essex Police after she posted an allegedly racist tweet online. The force later dropped the investigation.
Thursday’s demonstration was one of a series of protests outside the Bell Hotel after Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, a 38-year-old asylum seeker, was charged with sexual assault. The migrant, who denies the charges, is alleged to have attempted to kiss a 14-year-old girl.
On Monday, anti-migrant protests spread to Norfolk after plans to house single male asylum seekers at a hotel were revealed.
Hundreds of demonstrators waved flags, chanted “we want our country back” and clashed with counter-protesters outside the Park Hotel in Diss on Monday evening.

There were no violent clashes, but ugly scenes unfolded as protesters tried to take down the other group’s signs and shouted in each other’s faces.
The hotel in Diss has housed asylum seekers since 2023, but they have mostly been vulnerable women and children. They will now be replaced by single men. South Norfolk council and Norfolk Constabulary have both raised concerns about the proposed change.

From around 5.30pm, protesters arrived at the back entrance of the hotel and stood in a long, narrow line on the pavement of Park Road. Several were dressed in St George’s Cross bucket hats, while others carried Union Flags.

They shouted “send them home” and “stop prioritising migrants over our population”.

Across the road, a group of about 30 counter-protesters stood by the hotel gates with signs that read “refugees welcome/stop the far Right”.
They tried to drown out the larger group with chants of “say it loud, say it clear, refugees are welcome here”.
After trading chants and insults for about 30 minutes, anti-migrant demonstrators crossed the road and a line of police officers had to step in to keep the groups apart.
Vastly outnumbered, the counter-protesters left shortly after 6pm. Norfolk Constabulary said no arrests were made.

The force has previously expressed concerns about the potential strain on resources that single adult males instead of families being housed at the hotel would have. The council has also written to the Home Office asking it to halt the plans.
Daniel Elmer, the authority’s Conservative leader, said: “We are really disappointed by the decision made by the Home Office to remove families from the Park Hotel and to replace them with single male asylum seekers.

“South Norfolk, and especially Diss, has a long history of welcoming refugees and those in need of help and offering a safe place to stay.
“The families have been with us for two years, and it has been a success. They have integrated well into the local community, with the children going to local schools and the mothers welcomed by local community groups. This success has made the decision by the Home Office that much more difficult to understand.”
The Home Office was contacted for comment.
Meanwhile, migrant hotel protests spread to London on Tuesday night after claims that asylum seekers housed in Epping were being moved to a four-star hotel in Canary Wharf. The Home Office denied the claims.

Remember Labour bragging about the EU generously allowing us to sell them the military gear they desperately need? Turns out they expect us to pay for the privilege of selling to them

https://archive.ph/Aw5aQ

Britain will have to pay the EU a percentage of the value of any weapons bought from UK companies via a Brussels-led defence fund, under plans being drawn up by the bloc to counter the growing threat from Russia.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in May said the UK would join the EU’s new €150bn Security Action for Europe (Safe) project to boost military spending across the continent, as part of a “reset” of bilateral relations.
Participating in Safe would provide “new opportunities for our defence industry, supporting British jobs and livelihoods”, Starmer said.
But London will be required to recompense Brussels for being allowed to take part in the EU-backed scheme aimed at procuring drones, missile defence systems and other capabilities, two EU diplomats told the Financial Times.
“What was written in the Safe regulation is that there shall be a fair balance as regards the contributions and the benefits” of outside countries such as the UK, said one of the diplomats.
The Safe fund is part of an effort by the bloc to mobilise €800bn in new defence spending by 2030, in the face of a growing threat from Russia and calls by US President Donald Trump for Europe to pay for more of its own security.
Launched in May, its loans will allow member states and designated “third countries”, such as the UK, to engage in joint procurement.
The scheme is designed to leverage the EU’s credit strength to increase overall defence spending while better unifying Europe’s armed forces, which are saddled by inefficient and duplicative procurement processes.
The exact figure that Britain will have to pay to access the fund is still under discussion by member states as they finalise their position on the deal with the UK, which is expected to be published this week.
But the diplomats said that since British businesses would receive EU money to create jobs and expand capacity under the scheme, London should recompense Brussels.
If UK companies won contracts funded by Safe money, the UK government must pay a percentage into the fund to help balance out the economic benefit of the contracts, the diplomat added.
The same mechanism would apply to Canada and any other countries that want their industry to access the money, they noted.
In order for UK defence products to qualify, the value of their components from members of Safe must be at least 65 per cent. Members include the EU, Ukraine, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland and any third countries that join.
Senior UK officials said France was driving a hard bargain in talks with other member states to agree an EU negotiating mandate this week. One described the situation as “tricky”.
Mujtaba Rahman, managing director for Europe at the Eurasia Group consultancy, said both London and Brussels needed to keep the big picture in mind.
“It is really important that both sides don’t allow parochial national interests to get in the way of the bigger prize, which is strengthening collective European defence in light of the threat posed by Putin’s Russia,” he said.
France, which views Safe as a way to expand the EU arms industry, is pushing for a high UK contribution. But other countries, led by Germany, want to ensure the UK is not dissuaded from joining, a third diplomat said.
Under the EU’s terms, countries must bid for the loans by July 29, with a maximum pot of €150bn. They would then join another Safe member to buy weapons, aiming to lower prices by pooling demand. The UK would have to use national money to join such projects.
Third countries — other than those included by default, such as Ukraine — must first sign a security and defence partnership with the EU, and then a specific agreement to join Safe.

Britain signed the first of these at the reset summit in London in May, and will negotiate the second once the EU has agreed its mandate.
Time is tight because projects must be submitted by the end of November, with the European Commission, the EU’s executive, deciding which to approve.
Thomas Regnier, commission defence spokesperson, said the EU-UK accord in May meant UK-based entities could provide up to 35 per cent of the value of a defence product procured through Safe.
To obtain a bigger share would require “an agreement with the EU on the precise modalities on aspects such as budget contribution and security of supply”, he added.
The UK cabinet office said it would not pre-empt future discussions with the EU.
“It is in all our interests for the UK and EU to bring together our unique capabilities and expertise to make Europe a safer, more secure, and more prosperous place,” it added.

And of course the WEF at it again

https://archive.ph/vIQCr

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has been accused of rigging research to make Brexit look like a failure.
Klaus Schwab, the face of the Davos conference in Switzerland for years, allegedly intervened in the WEF’s annual Global Competitiveness Report, which ranks countries on productivity and long-term prosperity.
In the 2017/2018 report, the UK’s ranking improved from seventh to fourth after a change in methodology.
But Mr Schwab, 87, wrote to staff that the UK “must not see any improvement”, as otherwise it would be “exploited by the Brexit camp”.
The final report published in 2017 showed the UK had dropped one place to eighth.
How Schwab demoted the UK's competitiveness
Before Schwab's intervention:
Table with 4 columns and 8 rows. (column headers with buttons are sortable)
Rank Economy Score Previous
1 Switzerland 5.86 1
2 United States 5.85 3
3 Singapore 5.71 2
4 United Kingdom Unknown 7
5 Netherlands 5.66 4
6 Germany 5.65 5
7 Hong Kong 5.53 9
8 Sweden 5.52 6

After Schwab's intervention:
Table with 4 columns and 8 rows. (column headers with buttons are sortable)
Rank Economy Score Previous
1 Switzerland 5.86 1
2 United States 5.85 3
3 Singapore 5.71 2
4 Netherlands 5.66 4
5 Germany 5.65 5
6 Hong Kong 5.53 9
7 Sweden 5.52 6
8 United Kingdom 5.51 7
The WEF said at the time the Brexit vote had not fed into the rankings but warned it was likely to undermine UK competitiveness in the future.
“Brexit … will by definition weaken the UK’s markets component as integration with the EU is rolled back,” the report said.
At the time of the report, the UK had voted to leave the European Union but had not yet done so, and the difficult Brexit negotiations were at their beginning.
There was still discussion of the possibility of holding a second referendum in order to reverse the result of the 2016 vote.
Baroness Theresa May, the then-Prime Minister, spoke at the Davos summit in January 2017 and 2018. She said that Britain was looking to its post-Brexit future “with confidence” and planned to “build a truly Global Britain” based around free trade.
Allegations that Mr Schwab ordered the figures to be changed were made in an internal WEF investigation, launched after a whistleblower accused him of misusing funds, making suggestive remarks to younger staff, and manipulating research.
Switzerland’s SonntagsZeitung newspaper obtained some of the preliminary findings.
Brexiteers told The Telegraph that allegations of tampering with data exposed “anti-democratic practices” at the WEF.

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In 2020, King Charles, then the Prince of Wales, and Mr Schwab called for the Covid pandemic to be used as a “great reset” of the world economy.
This was seized upon by online conspiracy theorists as proof unelected leaders were plotting a tyrannical world government.
During the preparation of the same report, according to the investigation, Mr Schwab allegedly ensured that India did not drop 20 places in the ranking.
He was hoping to convince Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, to join the conference in the Swiss Alpine ski resort, which is attended by about 60 world leaders every year.
Mr Schwab reportedly wrote: “We must protect our relationship with India before Davos 2019.” India ranked 40th, just one place lower than the previous year in the report.

The investigation carried out by Homburger, the law firm, also looked into some £836,000 in expenses submitted by Schwab and his wife Hilde. SonntagsZeitung reported the expenses allegedly lacked sufficient links to WEF activities.
It is also alleged Mr Schwab sent suggestive emails and had “embarrassing interactions” with younger WEF staff. The final results of the investigation have not yet been published.
Mr Schwab accused the WEF board of breaking an agreement on media restraint tied to the investigation after the initial findings were leaked to SonntagsZeitung.
He said he had co-operated with the inquiry on the basis that both sides would not make public comments on the investigation.

“I feel deceived,” he said on Sunday, “I am not available for further investigations.”
Before Davos 2017, the first to be held since the Brexit referendum and the election of Donald Trump, Mr Schwab called on attendees to help “overcome the present mood of divisiveness and negativism”.
That year, he acknowledged that globalisation had become an “easy scapegoat” for rising populism, as typified by the Brexit vote.
In 2016, he described the referendum result as “one challenge more for the global economy”.
‘A stain on the reputation of the WEF’
Priti Patel, the shadow foreign secretary, commented: “For such a senior figure in geopolitical affairs to have conspired and manipulated information against Brexit and the democratic outcome of a political process is a stain on the reputation of the WEF and those who are part of that forum, and it is thoroughly unacceptable.”
The conservative MP for Witham added: “The WEF had built its reputation on geopolitical thought leadership but has now been exposed for its own anti democratic practices, sinister manipulation and corrupted process all based upon damaging Britain’s reputation and standing in the world because of Schwab’s narrow minded and selfish ideological purposes.”
Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform UK, told The Telegraph: “Every conspiracy theory about Klaus Schwab now turns out to be true. He is a dangerous globalist manipulator.”
Richard Tice, deputy leader, added: “No surprise the globalist WEF appears to have distorted facts to prevent sovereignty and independence being seen as a good thing. They are a dreadful organisation that Reform will have nothing to do with.”
Lord Frost negotiated the Brexit deal that took the UK out of the EU when Boris Johnson was prime minister.
He said: “It’s rare we get such clear direct evidence of the global establishment’s hostility to Brexit. Schwab’s alleged deliberate downgrading of Brexit Britain in his Global Competitiveness Report, directly contrary to the actual evidence, shows how deeply embedded distrust of national independence is, and how determined so many people are to suppress any discussion of its benefits.”
He added: “Labour’s continued denunciation of our trade agreement with the EU, and their refusal to acknowledge that their trade deals with India and the US would have been impossible without it, are the direct descendants of Schwab’s censorship: ideology before evidence, belief before fact.”
The WEF has declined to comment on the investigation and said it will respond when the probe is finished, which is expected to be in August.
The Government has been asked to comment.
The term “Davos Man” was coined 20 years ago by political scientist Samuel P Huntington to describe an elite who “have little need for national loyalty, view national boundaries as obstacles that thankfully are vanishing, and see national governments as residues from the past.”

Apologies for poor formatting above. As compensation have more info on the lich being interrogated.

(Bloomberg) — World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab denied allegations of misconduct that were reportedly substantiated by a formal investigation and accused the board of trustees of violating an agreement regarding media discretion on the matter.

“I am in a position to refute all the accusations brought up against me,” Schwab said in a statement Sunday, responding to a report in SonntagsZeitung. The Swiss newspaper said preliminary findings by Swiss law firm Homburger support allegations that Schwab manipulated economic reports published by the forum and submitted unjustifiably high expense claims.

The investigation, commissioned by the WEF’s board of trustees, is examining a range of accusations against the 87-year-old, including claims he used the forum’s resources for personal purposes.

Schwab abruptly resigned from the WEF in April after the misconduct allegations emerged, sparking a clash with the board. A successor has yet to be named.

High-profile figures linked to the role have included BlackRock Vice Chairman and former Swiss National Bank President Philipp Hildebrand, who joined the board of trustees in May, and European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, who until recently was considered the top candidate by both Schwab and the organization, Bloomberg previously reported.

Lagarde has said she first intends to complete her ECB term, which runs until October 2027.

The WEF board of directors is currently led by former Nestle Chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe on an interim basis.

In his statement Sunday, Schwab said he made himself available for an interview with Homburger on July 15. He was told he would have access to a draft of the report to respond to the allegations. He has yet to see a draft, a spokesperson added in a separate statement.

“In this respect I feel deceived,” Schwab said. “I am willing to defend my interests with all my strength, even in the context of a legal dispute.”

A WEF spokesperson declined to comment when contacted by Bloomberg on Sunday, stating that the organization would respond once the investigation concludes, likely at the end of August.

The SonntagsZeitung report intensifies an ongoing dispute between Schwab and the board of trustees at WEF and comes just weeks after the two parties issued a joint statement claiming they were working toward “normalizing” their relationship and resolving the dispute.

According to excerpts cited by the newspaper, Homburger’s investigation found that Schwab repeatedly intervened to influence country rankings in the WEF’s Global Competitiveness Report for political purposes.

In one 2017 email to then-managing director Richard Samans, Schwab allegedly requested that the report be withheld to avoid straining his relationship with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose country had scored poorly in the ranking. He also advised against improving the UK’s place to prevent the data from being exploited by supporters of Brexit, the newspaper said.

The report was ultimately published, with the UK and India each dropping one position to eighth and 40th, respectively.

In a separate incident in 2022, Schwab allegedly shared a draft of the report with an official from one country whose ranking had deteriorated and advised against its publication. That year’s edition wasn’t ultimately published, with the WEF citing uncertainty surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic as the reason.

The investigation also scrutinized some 900,000 Swiss francs ($1.12 million) in expenses submitted by Schwab and his wife Hilde that allegedly lacked sufficient ties to WEF activities, the newspaper said.

–With assistance from Jan-Henrik Förster.

The Guardian had a bunch of articles about how protests where the boat crossing landed are making the "refugees" feel unsafe but I went cross eyed with rage so couldn't post them.

Chunky Salsa · Jul 23, 2025

Der Boomerwaffen calls for revolution.

Anti Lolicon Bomb · Jul 23, 2025

FedPostalService said:
My penis.

Wait, I thought you was a strong black woman?

teriyakiburns · Jul 23, 2025

Anti Lolicon Bomb said:
Wait, I thought you was a strong black woman?

It's all explained right here.

East_Clintwood · Jul 23, 2025

Morethanabitfoolish said:
I must look up Null's twitter at some point as I need to favourite it as a backup info source.

https://x.com/xjosh

The farms has it's own dedicated account where he usually posts updates: https://x.com/KiwiFarmsDotNet

Also there's https://tg.josh.rs/ which lets you view updates posted to Telegram without an account, useful for if/when Null gets nuked from Twitter again.

Whoopsie Daisy · Jul 23, 2025

Made In Wales said:
Emergency alert warning issued amid fears alarm being sent to 87 million phones to put some Britons at risk:

Mobile phones will vibrate and emit a loud siren sound for approximately 10 seconds - even if they are set to silent mode - with a message also appearing on phone screens.

It makes one wonder, "If they can do this, and you can't turn it off, what else can they do?"

I am enjoying the essex boat wogs been sent to 5 star accomodation in canary wharf and the people there protesting. Sorry, NIMBY, you get what you deserve. I hope KHAAAAAAN!! doubles-down and jams the boatmalians into every high-class, high-end, posh hotel in the snobbiest of leafiest suburbs in London.
Something might get done then.

Morethanabitfoolish · Jul 23, 2025

East_Clintwood said:
Also there's https://tg.josh.rs/ which lets you view updates posted to Telegram without an account, useful for if/when Null gets nuked from Twitter again.

Cheers for all of those.

Mostly wanted to be sure I checked all sources for why it was down. The tech thread suggests it was only over Tor that it had an issue, people browsing the clearnet were fine so it didn't land on his radar.

Clem Fandango · Jul 23, 2025

Chunky Salsa said:
my moms a good egg, but it still did amuse me.

I was talking to my mum the other day (note to the rest of you bastards: give your mum a call). She's literally the nicest, most Christian person you've ever met. Even she had a story where she was in some waiting room and she said "There were six of us, and I was the only white person there". She sounded scared.

Later in the conversation she said "I don't want to sound racist, but..."

I interrupted and said you go right ahead, I won't mind at all.

femboy fart huffer · Jul 23, 2025

Whoopsie Daisy said:
I hope KHAAAAAAN!! doubles-down and jams the boatmalians into every high-class, high-end, posh hotel in the snobbiest of leafiest suburbs in London.
Something might get done then.

I mean half of the houses in London are owned by those people anyway. Fuck the hotels shove them in Price Al Shabialiah Hajna the third's 5th fucking holiday home he bought with that oil tycoon money. Already unoccupied and ready for people to move in, squatters rights and all that. I mean if they're not using the house then the poor little refugees who need a home and the poor little children oh won't you let them stay in the nice house.

Amin Yasister · Jul 23, 2025

Anti Lolicon Bomb said:
Wait, I thought you was a strong black woman?

A woman can have a penis, transphobe!

Tims · Jul 23, 2025

lamppost said:
You think KiwiFarms is a racist website then you are fucking retarded.

Fuck off kike, it's back to bug hive 9 for you.

BrightonAndHoveAlbion · Jul 23, 2025

Whoopsie Daisy said:
It makes one wonder, "If they can do this, and you can't turn it off, what else can they do?"

You can turn it off in your phone settings which people seem to always forget. But I get what you mean, a personal phone is every surveillance state's wet dream.

Eekum Bokum · Jul 23, 2025

Kier Starmer said:
What is everyone's weapon for defense going to be? I am thinking metal bat and for indoors, crossbow or mechanical bow if I am feeling extra spicy.

I have a sword, I'm a good shot with a bow and I know how to ride a horse so I think I'm fine should it kick off..in minecraft of course

Whoopsie Daisy · Jul 23, 2025

BrightonAndHoveAlbion said:
You can turn it off in your phone settings which people seem to always forget. But I get what you mean, a personal phone is every surveillance state's wet dream.

I wonder if they can circumvent the 'turn off' ability. I do think that sometimes those options do nothing other than give the user peace of mind,

Apparently there are 87 million active devices in the UK. That's a lot of burner phones for a population of 68 million people (according to 2023 data).

Otterly · Jul 23, 2025

prayforpills said:
They probably lobbied for this to happen. Won't the OSA make it illegal to even use a VPN?

They can’t, not directly. Everyone who works remotely for major companies has to use one when not in the office for example.
It’s not a simple thing to just ban VPNs because they have a genuine business need. I’m sure they will try indirect methods, but just banning them isn’t happening.
One thing to remember, actually two things, that are comforting are this;
1. The government is utterly incompetent and their incompetence with anything IT is even worse than their incompetence with major infrastructure projects. I give you track and trace, and electronic health records, and Hs2 as examples.
2. The rich and powerful always want it to not apply to them, which means loopholes. Now if a loophole is cash or status based, you and I are screwed. The power plays being in the garret club? Shit out of luck. But if the loopholes are technological, as they will have to be for a lot if the dystopian stuff, then you’re playing on a completely different field and they can be exploited by any pleb with the nous to do so. And there’s always a loophole. Just look at the offshore tax avoidance (I’m sorry, offshore tax planning…)
Resources are limited. The government isn’t targeting anyone they deem low threat unless they feel that picking them off delivers a bang for the buck pour encourager les Autres.
Yes GCHQ are whizzes and yes if they wanted to they could have all our names in a jiffy and maybe they already do, but to pull us all in for nothing at all exposes their hand and delivers little. Resources who are genuinely smart are even more limited. There’s some very smart guys and gals at GCHQ, but they’re swimming in the same incompetent morass of idiots that everyone else is these days.
There is always systemic incompetence, corruption and loopholery.
Are they still insisting we have only 68 million? ‘lol.’

BrightonAndHoveAlbion · Jul 23, 2025

Whoopsie Daisy said:
That's a lot of burner phones for a population of 68 million people (according to 2023 data).

I have three phones myself, one for personal use, one for work and one for international usage. I can see work phones bringing the number up massively since everyone in my line of work is usually running two or three phones.

UK British News Megathread - aka CWCissey's news thread

>IMPLYING

teriyakiburns

If a cow got the chance, he'd eat you!

femboy fart huffer

Brapping for Biden since '09

Made In Wales

Morethanabitfoolish

Bruh.

Chunky Salsa

Anti Lolicon Bomb

The artist formally known as Geno Dolphin

teriyakiburns

If a cow got the chance, he'd eat you!

East_Clintwood

Whoopsie Daisy

Ask me about how teen boys deserve to be molested

Morethanabitfoolish

Bruh.

Clem Fandango

Can you hear me?

femboy fart huffer

Brapping for Biden since '09

Amin Yasister

Tims

Ave true to Caesar. #JustLegionThings

BrightonAndHoveAlbion

Eekum Bokum

Eekum Bokum

Whoopsie Daisy

Ask me about how teen boys deserve to be molested

Otterly

Primark Primarch

BrightonAndHoveAlbion

UK British News Megathread - aka CWCissey's news thread

If a cow got the chance, he'd eat you!

Brapping for Biden since '09

Bruh.

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The artist formally known as Geno Dolphin

If a cow got the chance, he'd eat you!

Ask me about how teen boys deserve to be molested

Bruh.

Can you hear me?

Brapping for Biden since '09

Ave true to Caesar. #JustLegionThings

Eekum Bokum

Ask me about how teen boys deserve to be molested

Primark Primarch