SteveMay 14, 2023

"The more unequal a society becomes, the more oppressive its laws must be. This, I think, explains new acts that would not be out of place in a police state. So vague and broad are the powers granted to the police under last year’s Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act and this year’s Public Order Act that it is no longer clear where their abuse begins and ends..."

#PolicingBill #PolicingAct #PoliceState

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/12/coronation-protest-arrests-police

The coronation arrests are just the start. Police can do what they want to us now

Draconian new powers allow the police to shut down every form of effective protest, writes Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian
Steven HeywoodMay 3, 2023

KGBeebies: "People who refuse to move on when told to by the police should be locked up."

Also KGBeebies: "How dare the police tell us to move on!"

#Mogg
#PolicingAct

https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2023/05/03/ive-been-to-war-zones-gb-news-indignation-at-a-police-order-to-evacuate-is-a-fabulously-funny-watch/

‘I’ve been to war zones!’ GB News’ indignation at a police order to evacuate is a fabulously funny (and infuriating) watch

High drama on GB News – and it’s not often we say that – after Jacob Rees-Mogg’s show was interrupted by police responding to a security alert outside Buckingham Palace. The Conservative MP was live on air with his guest, former BBC royal correspondent (and much else besides) Michael Cole when a controlled explosion took […]

The Poke
politicalwriterJan 15, 2023
#Braverman needs to be removed. She is abhorrent.
#Brexit and #Tory Gov have repealed the #HumanRightsAct enacting a #BillOfRights instead; protection for minorities, those with disabilities, women, equality, protection from violence, has all been flagrantly discarded.
Further, the new #PolicingAct effectively revokes our #RightsToProtest. Truly dark times.
#Sunak should be ashamed. Not the country I wish to bring my children up in.
politicalwriterJan 15, 2023
@juliegrrl it is truly bleak. #Braverman needs to be removed. She is abhorrent.
#Brexit and #Tory Gov have repealed the #HumanRightsAct enacting a #BillOfRights instead; protection for minorities, those with disabilities, women, equality, protection from violence, has all been flagrantly discarded.
Further, the new #PolicingAct effectively revokes our #RightsToProtest. Truly dark times.
#Sunak should be ashamed. Not the country I wish to bring my children up in.
John Richardson - PodcasterNov 11, 2022

This article from the excellent Byline Times is very worrying. The new Policing Act, as many knew, is leading to the repression of free speech in the UK. Have a read and see what you think.

https://bylinetimes.com/2022/11/11/they-know-who-i-am-they-know-what-im-doing-arrested-journalists-speak-out-over-new-policing-act/

#PolicingAct #FreeSpeech #Journalists #UKPolitics

‘They Know Who I Am, They Know What I’m Doing’: Arrested Journalists Speak Out over New Policing Act – Byline Times

Josiah Mortimer talks to Tom Bowles and Rich Felgate who were locked up for covering an environmental protest, and reports on more repressive legislation to come. 

Byline Times
Show threadPatLewisNov 9, 2022
@LauraThompson the #RetainedEUBill on #EmploymentRights are the real reason for #PolicingAct which allows more extensive arrests of #protestors, it wasn't designed for #JustStopOil, it was for those of us #Protesting about our #Employment,Maternity,EqualPay,HolidayPay, and other Employment #Rights