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Kit YatesI just don't understand why Yvette Copper chose to pursue this appeal in an attempt to try to keep what was clearly damaging and anti-democratic legislation.
This is not what most people would expect from a labour government.
Pam C
Richard Michael Blaber@kityates The "Labour" Government has been doing an awful lot of extremely UN-Labour things, so I'm not at all surprised - but nor am I surprised they've lost this case. They certainly deserved to. The Labour Party is no longer the Labour Party - it's Labour In Name Only (LINO)!
MarjorieR@rmblaber1956 @kityates suppressing protest through a Statutory Instrument ("Henry VIII Powers") has now been found illegal.
However Labour (LINO) seem determined to continue to try and suppress peaceful protest by more legal means:
'Liberty, despite claiming victory, warned that the section 14 power that has now been softened was just one plank of extensive legislation that had drastically circumscribed people’s ability to protest in the UK. It has issued a warning about new powers building on previous acts currently under consideration by lawmakers as part of a crime and policing bill.
“It’s especially worrying that even more measures are going through parliament, including bans on face coverings at protests that would make it unsafe for disabled activists and political dissidents to protest,” said Katy Watts, a Liberty lawyer.'
Ghost of Hope 🏳️⚧️Cooper is a hard-right authoritarian, as is Starmer.