Hacker News

Favorites Setup
Comment by mft_ | original | Brits would quite like their private messages to stay private
[−]mft_ · 2026-08-30 Sun 14:17 UTC · link
That’s the weakness of most modern “democracies”: people vote once every few years for one or other party who then do largely whatever they want, outside of some immutable manifesto commitments (which are often flexible anyway).

So no, people don’t vote for such things - they vote for parties who turn out to do such things at some point.