I was really rather shocked when reading this report from the BBC.

Apparently, a new piece of proposed legislation in the UK, the Trade Union Bill, currently in the consultation phase, is seeking to limit trade-unions' use of social media by requiring two weeks notice if they plan to campaign via social media during a strike. The proposed measures do not limit individual trade-union members use of social media, only use by the unions themselves.

The UK government's rationale for this piece of censorship is to reduce disruption for the public. So, let me get this straight:

• striking is OK, even though it is much more disruptive to the public than any social media actvity;
• advertising on social media is OK, even though it is disruptive (time wasting);
• political campaigning on social media is OK, even though it is disruptive (time wasting);
• cat videos, and messages saying "share if you love your mother too!" are OK, despite being disruptive;
• social media postings by retards whose IQ and language skills mean they are unqualified to publish anything on the Internet are OK, despite being disruptive;
• postings on social media about strikes, made by individuals are OK;
• but postings on social media about strikes, made by trade-unions are not OK, despite probably being no more disruptive than those by private individuals.

No wonder no-one trusts politicians. They don't even respect the voting public enough to put together a plausible lie when "justifying" undemocratic and unjust behaviour.