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21 Jan, 4 tweets, 1 min read
The fixed penalty notices are for more than 15 not ‘15+’🤦🏼‍♂️

And it’s not just for house parties, for any gathering over 15 (not 15+!) people 🤦🏼‍♂️
It has been pointed out to me, fairly, that there is another possible interpretation that if you attend with 15+ people (so there are 16+ people) you fall within the new rule. But the wording is ambiguous as it could be the *party* which has 15+
My thread on the changes
No sign of updated guidance (gov.uk/coronavirus) or regulations (law).

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I’m afraid to say that this behaviour may have been triggered in part by bogus advice going round the ultra orthodox Jewish community about how to get round the Covid restrictions. I have tweeted about it before
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🚨Fixed Penalty Notices for indoor gatherings of over 15 people to be increased to £800 for attendance.

- Currently Fixed Penalty Notices for attending gatherings in breach of rules is maximum £200 (or £100 if you pay within 14 days)
This is wrong in BBC announcement - @ChrisMasonBBC

Current Fixed Penalty Notice for someone who "holds or is involved in the holding" of a gathering over over 30 people (not 15) is £10,000

See legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1374…
As I have pointed out a few times, the £10,000 Fixed Penalty Notice 'mega fine' has always been a strange aspect of the regulations enforcement regime.

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Tonight's talk - not open access but will try to post a link to recording if I can
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🚨First set of amendments to the January lockdown regulations

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

66th Covid-19 criminal law change since Feb 2020

legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/53/p…
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Thank you for getting back to me.

Why would it not fall within volunteering or activities ancillary to voting? The literature included key dates to register to vote.

Perhaps more importantly, not for the police to enforce the ‘spirit of the legislation’ just what’s in it
I appreciate the police have a difficult job knowing what to do with this vague legislation but any political activity is protected by free speech rights and should not be limited by vague prohibitions (in fact if law is vague should be interpreted to protect speech not limit it)
I agree
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My goodness. Lord Sumption’s response to a woman with Stage 4 cancer asking why her life isn’t valuable is he didn’t say it isn’t valuable just “less valuable”. This is the figurehead of anti-lockdown movement - comes across as inhumane, almost grotesque
You can watch full debate below, it's actually really interesting. Lord Sumption robustly challenged. His key point seems to be about age. He says "it is absurd to say that the death of someone in their 80s is as tragic as someone in their 20s" (31:30) bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…
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