When they were founded, they required leather collars to protect them from garrotting down dark alleys, such was the antipathy towards them from the rest of the working classes, who viewed them purely and simply as class-traitors, thugs hired by the upper-classes to defend property and privilege, much as the 'volunteer militias' put down any opposition to enclosure, oppression or union activism, such as the Chartists. There will always be an element of the police, armed forces and security forces motivated by the desire to violently deal with anyone not espousing the beliefs of the Daily Mail.
Monbiot expresses these feelings much more eloquently.
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I have direct experience of several house searches carried out by the bizzies. If you aren't in they will kick the door down, and not repair it afterwards, which is a pain. In my case it all turned out ok once they realised I was middle class. Be sure to have plenty of books lying around (Vole should be fine here) and hide any members of ethnic minorities unless they are professionals. You have been warned.
Good advice, Mr Horn. I wouldn't be too sure about the books though - one protester had his copy of New Statesman confiscated as 'evidence' of his political views, as though it's the equivalent of the Anarchists' Cookbook
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