On Monday, the policing bill is being rushed through the Commons. It contains some of the most draconian crackdowns on the right of peaceful protest we've seen in our lifetime. politics.co.uk/comment/2021/0…
They published Tuesday and are going for second reading on Monday. Compare that the environment bill, which has been sat festering for years.
Why the rush? Possibly because the legislation is rammed through of terrible and highly authoritarian ideas.
So get to know it now and if you don't like what you find, make your view known.
One of the central functions of the legislation is to try and silence the voice of people criticising the government. We can at least make sure it doesn't pass without that voice being raised against it.
And maybe - just maybe, crazy I know - some of those right wingers constantly railing against cancel culture might want to raise their voices against it as well.
I know, I know, laughable to expect that degree of consistency. But if you give half a good goddamn about free speech, you will be up in arms at this legislation.
People asking what can be done to challenge this. Two groups of MPs in parliament I would lobby.
Firstly Labour. Starmer took the knee. He spoke out in support of BLM. He should oppose this.
Secondly the CRG and civil liberties Tories like David Davis. If you thought lockdown was an infringement of English liberties, then this most certainly is.
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