Time was when protest marches were quite frequent, but no longer. This made me wonder what had changed - are the issues that make us march in protest fewer, or has something blunted our desire to march as part of a mass movement?
It's not as if there aren't rather a lot of things to protest about, but not a single protest march. Even strike picket lines are tiny affairs.
Yes, there are small protests, such as those on motorways against pollution, but not mass protests, although the Stop The War protest in 2003 was the largest ever UK protest, closely followed by 3 2nd EU Referendum marches in 2018 and 2019.
I've reached the conclusion that the protest march has been replaced by shouting on social media and believing that is enough.
What do you think?
As for the government legislating for a minimum service during NHS strikes, a minimum service level isn't achievable even without strikes, let alone with strikes. In effect, the government is banning strikes. If that isn't worth protesting against, I don't know what is. They seem determined to ensure they become unelectable at the next GE.
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