Labour MPs vote through draconian law giving police powers to ban recurring protests
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@pvonhellermannn WTF is that obsession in the UK with banning protest and arresting protesters??? When did all this change?
@BubblegumYeti @pvonhellermannn
Around the time that statue was pushed in the dock in Bristol as part of the Black Lives Matter protest hit the UK. That's when the Tories really went in on stripping away the right to protest. It culminated in loosely worded legislation in a new act in 2022.
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@BubblegumYeti @pvonhellermannn
Around the time that statue was pushed in the dock in Bristol as part of the Black Lives Matter protest hit the UK. That's when the Tories really went in on stripping away the right to protest. It culminated in loosely worded legislation in a new act in 2022.
@BubblegumYeti @pvonhellermannn
Since then they, for example, confiscated amplification equipment of vocal anti brexit campaigner Steve Bray. Sentenced protesters to 5 years for sitting in a *road. And much more.
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Labour MPs vote through draconian law giving police powers to ban recurring protests
Recurring protests which might have no connection to each other could now be banned by police on the basis of “cumulative disruption” caused by past or future planned protests in the same “area”.
I reject everything that Labour has become. What dystopian times we live in. #UKPolitics
@pvonhellermannn Vote left; this is what you get.
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Labour MPs vote through draconian law giving police powers to ban recurring protests
Recurring protests which might have no connection to each other could now be banned by police on the basis of “cumulative disruption” caused by past or future planned protests in the same “area”.
I reject everything that Labour has become. What dystopian times we live in. #UKPolitics
@pvonhellermannn Honestly, it looks pretty worrying and like a step in the wrong direction , but I’d still wait to see how it’s actually enforced in practice, because sometimes laws sound much harsher on paper than they end up being in real life.
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Labour MPs vote through draconian law giving police powers to ban recurring protests
Recurring protests which might have no connection to each other could now be banned by police on the basis of “cumulative disruption” caused by past or future planned protests in the same “area”.
I reject everything that Labour has become. What dystopian times we live in. #UKPolitics
@pvonhellermannn past or future? We are already in the realms of Minority Report? Serious voter's remorse here - never again.
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@BubblegumYeti i know!! This is the right response! There is a real authoritarianism rising here that is, well, not what you associate with the UK.
@pvonhellermannn @BubblegumYeti I associate this with the UK since forever.
When was the period in history when the UK government wasn't banning protest and arresting protesters? I can't think of any.
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Labour MPs vote through draconian law giving police powers to ban recurring protests
Recurring protests which might have no connection to each other could now be banned by police on the basis of “cumulative disruption” caused by past or future planned protests in the same “area”.
I reject everything that Labour has become. What dystopian times we live in. #UKPolitics
@pvonhellermannn “recurring protests”, does that include yearly repeated protests? Just asking in the weeks before May 1…
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@pvonhellermannn @BubblegumYeti I associate this with the UK since forever.
When was the period in history when the UK government wasn't banning protest and arresting protesters? I can't think of any.
@ahltorp Back in the old days they just used to kill the protesters (Peterloo, anyone) @pvonhellermannn @BubblegumYeti
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@pvonhellermannn Vote left; this is what you get.
Nice story bro ...
The UK 'Labour' government are no more left than the Tories or Reform. -
@petealexharris @regendans @BubblegumYeti @pvonhellermannn which is why there is no reason to expand and use as an excuse legislation and policing which legitimately seeks to limit harassment of other people in the UK to also outlaw peaceful protest against government policy and against companies such as Elbit that are helping murder people.
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Labour MPs vote through draconian law giving police powers to ban recurring protests
Recurring protests which might have no connection to each other could now be banned by police on the basis of “cumulative disruption” caused by past or future planned protests in the same “area”.
I reject everything that Labour has become. What dystopian times we live in. #UKPolitics
@pvonhellermannn
Labour are no longer the party of democratic socialists. The rot startest with Blair. The final death was when Corbyn looked like winning. So he was smeared to 'death' and all democratic socialist were hounded out or left.
Some went to Green others to Your Party. The latter seem to be finished so hopefully the Green will pick up more. Starmer is the result about to be wiped out in local election -
@pvonhellermannn
Labour are no longer the party of democratic socialists. The rot startest with Blair. The final death was when Corbyn looked like winning. So he was smeared to 'death' and all democratic socialist were hounded out or left.
Some went to Green others to Your Party. The latter seem to be finished so hopefully the Green will pick up more. Starmer is the result about to be wiped out in local electionI think the rot really got going with Farmer Jim Callaghan.
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