>>In the UK we police by consent
Do we indeed? Then what does "by consent" mean? Because it sur as s*** doesn't mean the obvious.
I guess it means that we vote for the people who control the police and would vote against them if we didn't like the way they did it?
Indeed in 2012 our Glorious Government explained it as "the power of the police coming from the common consent of the public, as opposed to the power of the state. It does not mean the consent of an individual"
They later clarified with "No individual can choose to withdraw his or her consent from the police, or from a law".
So "policing by consent" sounds wonderful and free, like we are different to everybody else.
But in reality it means SFA beyond "You're free to vote against the Government".
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