I think Christys' flaw here is assuming that the Home Office has the preservation of the British people as any part of it's overall objectives. We're pretty difficult to lord over, after all, with our civil liberties and our rights.
It would be much, much simpler for the government, over all, if we just all died out and were replaced with a more tractable population.
"One might conclude"
"Context implies"
"Perhaps"
It's insulting that they're not making a better attempt here. Why not just fabricate something better than this mealy-mouthed trash? It's not like the media (or the Biden administration) is above that...
Doubtful.
I suspect it's more simply this: The police can persecute Twitter users from the comfort of their office. They have to go and talk to us proles for the crime scene stuff.
Which do you think they'd rather do?
Bear in mind that the 18 months is flexible, too. If big business makes enough noise about a specific bit of legislation making their lives difficult, the EU will consider a delay in implementation.
Not for you, though. You're only a peasant, you will comply on time or be fined.
Yup, they slip that in through the back door with "hate speech", which the US specifically declines to criminalise because it's only use is as a tool of censorship - but, seeing as this is what this group want, unsurprisingly, they're all for it.
Insurance - or, at least, state-mandated insurance, is also a great way for the government to regulate private industry. The government just insists that citizens obtain insurance for risky activities that may affect others. Valid insurance, of course, where the government itself defines "valid", to mean "Complies with regulatory dictates".
Potentially, it's a great way to force people to use state digital currencies, as these would be the only ones that government-approved insurers would touch, by arrangement.
While I find it difficult to properly explain my lack of concern over the prospect of Biden not showing up, I do honestly worry that Blue Labour will find it in their heart to sell us all down the river ... bear in mind the UK's allegedly popular Prime Minister (there's a lot of that going around lately, isn't there?) Rishi Sunak, works for Klaus Schwab. All he needs is an excuse.
There's a solution that's simpler still:
Don't pass the bill.
This was supposed to be done in September but it was delayed specifically to be able to do this. The plan, all along, was to present a disaster of a bill so late in the day that it gets passed anyway, and I'm curious why the Senate at large hasn't taken umbrage at the level of disrespect that implies.
Remember, they don't actually have any principles or standards.
Every rule they promulgate is subservient to the objective: gaining themselves uncontested, unaccountable power, because they're so narcissistic that they think that they alone are a good enough person to do the right thing if they get it.