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By *bernath OP Couple
over a year ago
Gloucestershire |
Do we need that right? Or is it wasted?
Does protesting make a difference?
Is the government right to make it a criminal offence to protest?
Are we all happy that people should not protest about any issue at all.
This includes EDL marches. |
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By *estivalMan
over a year ago
borehamwood |
"Its not illegal to protest.
The issue is protesting in the right way. Glueing oneself to a tube train, or sitting down on a busy main road is too much of a disruptive protest. "
Exactally. Half the people moaning live no where near or have to go into london for work and have to deal woth the likes of XR blocking roads and holding up tube trains fuckingpeoples days up.at least now you will be able to get to work without being held up.at least the people of canning town showed the met how to deal with people holding commuters up |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Its not illegal to protest.
The issue is protesting in the right way. Glueing oneself to a tube train, or sitting down on a busy main road is too much of a disruptive protest. "
These actions are already illegal.
The issues are around giving more power to the state and removing the legal right to protest peacefully. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I don't know the answers here but do believe people should have the legal right to peacefully protest.
We've seen it again yesterday, the was M32 closed and officers injured in London.
These acts are not helpful in the slightest and do nothing more than tell the government they are doing the right thing by bringing in tougher measures. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Lol, protest is protest. Fact is it gets no attention unless its disruptive.
Everyone has the right to protest be it EDL, Antifa, IRA, UDA. Its part of the values of the western world. Its a freedom of speech. Yeah we may not like it or agree with it bit its their right. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The government isn’t making it illegal to protest. They’re moving the goalposts to as to deal with small scale disruptive protest. I don’t necessarily agree with the police and crime bill as there are already provisions in law for disruptive protests (highway obstruction etc).
At the same time I feel that protest has become theatre and doesn’t achieve anything anyway. All it does is annoy the fuck out of people not interested in your cause. |
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By *elethWoman
over a year ago
Gloucestershire |
"Do we need that right? Or is it wasted?
Does protesting make a difference?
Is the government right to make it a criminal offence to protest?
Are we all happy that people should not protest about any issue at all.
This includes EDL marches."
Yes we do need the right, no it isn't wasted.
Yes it can make a difference.
No they are absolutely not right in giving the police powers to decide what level of protest is "annoying" enough to be illegal, as even an ex-Chief Constable has suggested. It is our democratic right to protest. |
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"Do we need that right? Or is it wasted?
Does protesting make a difference?
Is the government right to make it a criminal offence to protest?
Are we all happy that people should not protest about any issue at all.
This includes EDL marches.
Yes we do need the right, no it isn't wasted.
Yes it can make a difference.
No they are absolutely not right in giving the police powers to decide what level of protest is "annoying" enough to be illegal, as even an ex-Chief Constable has suggested. It is our democratic right to protest. "
This. |
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By *mmabluTV/TS
over a year ago
upton wirral |
Nobody seems to mention that this bill is covid related that is the purpose for introducing it.
the other reason for this surely that protests get infiltrated with troublemaker and anarchists.
We must be the only country that allows this nonense we do not even use water cannon the world is laughing at us over this one
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"Do we need that right? Or is it wasted?
Does protesting make a difference?
Is the government right to make it a criminal offence to protest?
Are we all happy that people should not protest about any issue at all.
This includes EDL marches."
Peaceful protests can make a difference sometimes but I don't see them being banned. Causing obstruction, damage to property and violence are often the problems. Sadly the message of the protest gets lost when these things happen making them counter productive |
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By *andy 1Couple
over a year ago
northeast |
"I don't know the answers here but do believe people should have the legal right to peacefully protest.
We've seen it again yesterday, the was M32 closed and officers injured in London.
These acts are not helpful in the slightest and do nothing more than tell the government they are doing the right thing by bringing in tougher measures."
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