>The worst part is that we no longer have any power to do something about it.
That's not true. If a large enough mob of citizens went to the capital, burned down the government building and harassed MPs on the street (and followed them to their homes), as recently happened in Nepal and before that in Bangladesh, things would change very quickly.
He was acquitted by a jury. Do you think Keir Starmer is bribing juries when the defendant is a Labour supporter or something? I'm sorry if that sounds flippant, but what exactly is your assumption about the underlying mechanism here? If there were some sort of Labour cabal controlling the justice system then this person would never have been arrested and tried in the first place.
No, but the government also didn't have the communication and organization ability either. Imagine if the British generals could have communicated in real-time with London, or had spy satellites that could watch the revolutionary troops in real time, or had the ability to fire missiles thousands of miles with extreme precision. There would absolutely be no USA if they had
That's not true. If a large enough mob of citizens went to the capital, burned down the government building and harassed MPs on the street (and followed them to their homes), as recently happened in Nepal and before that in Bangladesh, things would change very quickly.