paulfromcamden
Baffled
Good God who cares? Dig a big hole and put them both in it.
Tory leadership failure Part V: Rishi ‘Infosys’ Sunak
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Enfield boy
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Perhaps she's "lost" all her messages.
Enfield boy
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AnilS
pfm Member
Or cannot recall.
eisenach
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paulfromcamden
Baffled
Soon to be illegal to protest anywhere you might inadvertently be seen by a politician.
A UK government-commissioned review into tackling political violence is poised to back wider use of special police orders to swiftly shut down public protest around democratic venues including parliament, council buildings and MPs’ offices.
Woodcock — a crossbench peer and former Labour MP who was asked to write his review by Boris Johnson at the time of climate protests by Extinction Rebellion — has widened its scope to look at Islamist groups in view of the Israel-Hamas war.
“There’s a serious and concerted effort by parts of the hard left, working with Islamist groups, to present a sense of menace to intimidate MPs,” said Woodcock, who declined to comment on his review. “MPs are scared. It’s having a really corrosive effect . . . Even if there is no direct violence, it’s having an effect and that’s unacceptable”.
Expedited Public Space Protection Orders were introduced in 2022 to enable local authorities to swiftly shut down protests outside places such as schools and Covid-19 vaccination clinics. An order can last up to six months and people who breach it can be fined.
Ben Jamal, director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, which has organised weekly protests around London, said it would be “outrageous” for the government to give police greater powers to shut down protest around democratic buildings. Jamal said he did not agree with people protesting outside MPs’ homes, because politicians had a right to privacy. But he said the debate around MPs’ safety was being used to conflate legitimate forms of peaceful protest with illegitimate and genuine threats to safety.
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A UK government-commissioned review into tackling political violence is poised to back wider use of special police orders to swiftly shut down public protest around democratic venues including parliament, council buildings and MPs’ offices.
Woodcock — a crossbench peer and former Labour MP who was asked to write his review by Boris Johnson at the time of climate protests by Extinction Rebellion — has widened its scope to look at Islamist groups in view of the Israel-Hamas war.
“There’s a serious and concerted effort by parts of the hard left, working with Islamist groups, to present a sense of menace to intimidate MPs,” said Woodcock, who declined to comment on his review. “MPs are scared. It’s having a really corrosive effect . . . Even if there is no direct violence, it’s having an effect and that’s unacceptable”.
Expedited Public Space Protection Orders were introduced in 2022 to enable local authorities to swiftly shut down protests outside places such as schools and Covid-19 vaccination clinics. An order can last up to six months and people who breach it can be fined.
Ben Jamal, director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, which has organised weekly protests around London, said it would be “outrageous” for the government to give police greater powers to shut down protest around democratic buildings. Jamal said he did not agree with people protesting outside MPs’ homes, because politicians had a right to privacy. But he said the debate around MPs’ safety was being used to conflate legitimate forms of peaceful protest with illegitimate and genuine threats to safety.
Backing for wider police powers to protect MPs amid fears of political violence
Recommendation by Woodcock review comes with threat to politicians under spotlight in wake of Gaza vote
gavreid
Pretty Words...
Sunak attended a protest alongside a group which has posted conspiracy theories about climate change, and which campaigns against net zero, the Observer can reveal.
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Sunak stands with net zero and climate conspiracy group at farming protest
Demonstration against Welsh Labour policy included No Farmers No Food campaign calling for end to climate measures, and Welsh Tory leader
Tony L
Administrator
As ever with Sunak just empty his pockets and the truth will out. A £1.5bn Infosys contract with BP pays for a lot of environmental back-peddling. He is never not for sale.
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gavreid
Pretty Words...
Let's hope they all get kicked outTruss has announced she is willing to become Chancellor under a Priti Patel lead Government. Futures looking rosy.
Of a plane high over the Atlantic Ocean?
gavreid
Pretty Words...
Too good!
UK general election: the seats the Tories will lose if the polls are right
Guardian analysis reveals the Conservative seats most at risk to Labour in the next election, based on current national polls
kendo
Prussian bot
There's enough shite in the sea....
Enfield boy
pfm Member
Lord Woodcock, the anti Corbyn (former) Labour MP who quit to avoid a sexual misconduct investigation.Soon to be illegal to protest anywhere you might inadvertently be seen by a politician.
A UK government-commissioned review into tackling political violence is poised to back wider use of special police orders to swiftly shut down public protest around democratic venues including parliament, council buildings and MPs’ offices.
Woodcock — a crossbench peer and former Labour MP who was asked to write his review by Boris Johnson at the time of climate protests by Extinction Rebellion — has widened its scope to look at Islamist groups in view of the Israel-Hamas war.
“There’s a serious and concerted effort by parts of the hard left, working with Islamist groups, to present a sense of menace to intimidate MPs,” said Woodcock, who declined to comment on his review. “MPs are scared. It’s having a really corrosive effect . . . Even if there is no direct violence, it’s having an effect and that’s unacceptable”.
Expedited Public Space Protection Orders were introduced in 2022 to enable local authorities to swiftly shut down protests outside places such as schools and Covid-19 vaccination clinics. An order can last up to six months and people who breach it can be fined.
Ben Jamal, director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, which has organised weekly protests around London, said it would be “outrageous” for the government to give police greater powers to shut down protest around democratic buildings. Jamal said he did not agree with people protesting outside MPs’ homes, because politicians had a right to privacy. But he said the debate around MPs’ safety was being used to conflate legitimate forms of peaceful protest with illegitimate and genuine threats to safety.
Backing for wider police powers to protect MPs amid fears of political violence
Recommendation by Woodcock review comes with threat to politicians under spotlight in wake of Gaza vote
paulfromcamden
Baffled
I'm treading carefully given some of the crackpot posts some members have made about Jewish owned media... but I do think it's also worth pointing out for context, when we're discussing the hysteria around pro-Palestine marches, that he was part of the consortium that bought the Jewish Chronicle in 2020.