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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
John, ian is off on one. He ignores the need for such a law and focuses only on the comparison with Russia. Totally ridiculous.
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He probably is off on one, but there’s been no demonstration of a need for such a law or that the proposals are in any way proportionate.
At a literal reading it has the potential to outlaw protest and removes rights under the Human Rights Act for peaceful assembly and association among people who haven’t actually committed any offences at all.
Over decades and centuries the history of this country is littered with protests. In no way, shape or form can anyone claim that disruption now meaningfully disrupts people’s lives any more than at any point in history.
It’s a lazy right wing trope to claim that they do. But when your economic policies (not you personally) are shot to pieces I suppose that’s all they have left.