Priti Patel tells MPs that heartache over Sarah Everard's death can be summed up in five words: "She was only walking home".
Home Sec says online accounts of womens' experiences are "so powerful" because "every single one of us can relate to them".
Home Sec says online accounts of womens' experiences are "so powerful" because "every single one of us can relate to them".
Home Sec says there has been a "totally unprecedented" 78,000 responses to the reopened govt consultation on tackling violence against women and girls since Friday.
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“I continue to urge everyone for as long as these regs are in place not to participate in large gatherings or attend protests."
“The right to protest is the cornerstone of our democracy - but the Govt's duty remains to prevent more lives being lost during this pandemic.”
“The right to protest is the cornerstone of our democracy - but the Govt's duty remains to prevent more lives being lost during this pandemic.”
"It is not women who should be changing their behaviour, it is men and wider society" - shadow home sec @NickTorfaen
Shadow home sec @NickTorfaen adds: "The scenes from Clapham should be a red warning light to the government that they should not be cracking down on protest".
It really does my head in when party politicians talk about national unity and working together to improve things, and then start slinging mud. Don't you get it? We're tired of it.
Patel: "On Friday, my views were known... that people who lived locally, laying flowers was absolutely the right thing to do. But those scenes on Saturday night were distressing".
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