Removal of protest rights
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Boy Engineer
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pwhole said:
Remind me not to hum loudly or activate the SOS setting on my lamp the next time we are underground. You?re not my type 😂.
RobinGriffiths
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Even Theresa May thinks the new bill is a bit on the rum side.
Laurie
Active member
Protest here...
https://act.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/add-your-name-defend-right-protest?utm_source=partner&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=politics&utm_content=FY2021-03_rspb-promo&utm_source=campaigns_police_bill_2021&utm_medium=email&utm_term=&utm_content=3&utm_campaign=
https://act.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/add-your-name-defend-right-protest?utm_source=partner&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=politics&utm_content=FY2021-03_rspb-promo&utm_source=campaigns_police_bill_2021&utm_medium=email&utm_term=&utm_content=3&utm_campaign=
royfellows
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On the subject of "excessive noise"
This would surely torpedo groups like Britain First who use loudhailers to spew out hatred on their marches, which the new legislation would effectively gives the Home Secretary and the police the power to ban anyway.
Every cloud.... etc
This would surely torpedo groups like Britain First who use loudhailers to spew out hatred on their marches, which the new legislation would effectively gives the Home Secretary and the police the power to ban anyway.
Every cloud.... etc
royfellows
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No, still alive and kicking I believe.
AR
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Although this superficially might seem like a good thing, it's no reason to let a repressive bit of legislation like the proposed act get onto the statute books, given the sweeping powers it's giving the authorities without any checks and balances to regulate their using of this. I'd rather have fascists out in the open where we can see them, even if they are making a din, so that the rest of the population know who they are and can shun them accordingly.royfellows said:
As for restrictions on civil disobedience, some might think that stopping the likes of extinction rebellion from disrupting traffic and transport is a good thing because they're just a bunch of overprivileged trustafarians who clearly don't have to work for a living. However, cast your mind back 30 years. There was a group of protesters stopping public transport and blocking roads and access to buildings. The reason? They were disabled people who couldn't get onto that public transport or get into those buildings, and as a result of their protests the Disability Discrimination Act came into law. Would they be able to apply that public pressure on the powers that be under the proposed law? I doubt it...
pwhole
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I thought Martin Rowson's latest contribution was rather tasty in this regard 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2021/mar/15/martin-rowson-on-government-plans-to-restrict-the-right-to-protest-cartoon
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2021/mar/15/martin-rowson-on-government-plans-to-restrict-the-right-to-protest-cartoon
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