Don't hold your breathJust heard that Starmer's u-turned and Labour will now be opposing it. Depends now on whether sufficient tories have the backbone to rebel.
....hello to a maximum of 10 years for "causing annoyance".
Exactly, and how do you define 'annoyance'?whats the point of demonstrating if you aren't causing a disturbance?
What if your government gathers in large groups and use legislation to cause annoyance? Do they go to prison?Exactly, and how do you define 'annoyance'?
"Looks like the opposition are merely abstaining so there we go....rights gone,"....hello to a maximum of 10 years for "causing annoyance". Looks like the opposition are merely abstaining so there we go....rights gone, on the nod.
Still, he's dead funny on telly isn't he, that daft lad Boris!
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Yep, they've decided to oppose. I was told from several party sources over the weekend that they'd be abstaining."Looks like the opposition are merely abstaining so there we go....rights gone,"
Not sure where you got that from. I saw someone from Labour on TV early this morning saying they would oppose it.
That's nonsense, the current laws already allow the police to take action against people creating 'disturbances'. What this does is allow the police to have the excuse to wade in and arrest people with virtually no reason or unlawfulness. This puts the decision to arrest in the hands of commanding officers, and that makes it a political decision if to arrest XT and BML and not EDL for example.It was drafted to specifically prevent protests like Extinction Rebellion's when 1 or 2 people protesting cause a "disproportionate amount of disturbance" to large swathes of the public.