This is just utter bollocks.
"Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has warned police chiefs of a "growing consensus that mob rule is replacing democratic rule".
...He wants more robust police responses that he says are needed to protect politicians and democratic processes.
Now police bosses have been summoned to Downing Street, where the PM urged them to use existing powers to crack down on intimidation, disruption and subversion "urgently"."
@patrickhadfield
But he isn't claiming that public protest has resulted in any policy changes, is he?
So which mob is ruling, exactly?
He can demand the police be more brutal to protesters, but good luck with cracking down on subversion; that's not how it works. If effective public protest becomes illegal, he isn't going to like the alternative, which is people taking direct action for which they're less likely to get caught. It's illegal either way, so what's the incentive to play fair?
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The logical consequence of stopping more regular forms of peaceful protest. You reap what you sow.
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