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That much is inevitable, as he himself should know - being a classical scholar who is presumably not completely deaf to his own hubris. The only question is, who and what he brings down with him; the entire Tory party with any luck, but quite possibly also the Union, and the entire edifice of Parliamentary democracy.

The tricky bit is what can replace it? Martial Law is over-rated, so how about letting the Anarchists have a go?
 
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How prescient of the Russian government to record video about the evacuations following the 'attacks' in Donetsk two days before they occurred:

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Just in case there was any doubt that they're manufacturing a casus belli here.
 
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Cheong is outraged by that level of police violence (which likely wasn't necessary but doesn't exactly constitute "brutalizing"), but has been generally pretty supportive of police doing far worse in the past:

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The link is to a video of people...saying words to guys in full riot gear. Unarmed.

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Cheong is outraged by that level of police violence (which likely wasn't necessary but doesn't exactly constitute "brutalizing"), but has been generally pretty supportive of police doing far worse in the past:

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The link is to a video of people...saying words to guys in full riot gear. Unarmed.

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Also a RT - Russia Today feature
 
Reports that children are being used by protesters. Lot of wrongs going on here no rights.
Cindy Blackstock, head of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society.

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Reports that children are being used by protesters. Lot of wrongs going on here no rights.
Cindy Blackstock, head of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society.

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Were the children not there beforehand? And then it became “police action”. I’d call that slightly dishonest framing.

Now perhaps this criticism was raised ages ago when children were first noted there
 
Were the children not there beforehand? And then it became “police action”. I’d call that slightly dishonest framing.

Now perhaps this criticism was raised ages ago when children were first noted there
The presence of children has been previously reported and, so far as I understand, notice of police action was given by tweets and leaflets. Not a good place for kids.