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Well, I assume it will require something like, I don’t know, evidence

"Quick!--they're after you! The Kaitempi!"
"I've done nothing. I..."
"How long will it take to convince them of that? Run, you fool!"

(a little jewel for any Eric Frank Russell fans)...

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

Are we disappearing back into that fantasy land were Britain is a totalitarian nightmare state that far exceeds the worst excesses of Nazi Germany or Stalin’s Soviet Union? I know that under Zanu-Labour’s governance Britain hasn’t exactly been a shining beacon of liberty compared to 20 years ago, but even now things like evidence are still required in a court of law in order for a conviction to be made....

[From many - one.]

“(a little jewel for any Eric Frank Russell fans)...”

The inventor of MYOB and Tanstaafl, IIRC.

Thus, possibly, of inital slang BTW.

[From many - one.]

oops...
Tanstaafl was Heinlein.