Labour MPs vote through draconian law giving police powers to ban recurring protests
Recurring protests which might have no connection to each other could now be banned by police on the basis of “cumulative disruption” caused by past or future planned protests in the same “area”.
I reject everything that Labour has become. What dystopian times we live in. #UKPolitics
https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/labour-mps-vote-through-draconian-law-giving-police-powers-ban-recurring
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