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"The way the questions are framed could enable the government to go much further than the official purpose of the consultation, potentially launching one of the most severe restrictions on general freedom in the modern era."
This is important. Please read
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
While Scotland now has a general right to roam, in England and Wales the government appears to be proposing the *criminalisation* of access to 90% of our land.
If this goes ahead, we become trespassers in our nation.
We must ensure it does not go ahead.
The government's consultation is here. Please make it clear that you reject the premise of the questions: trespass should not be criminalised, full stop. gov.uk/government/con…
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