"The government is obsessed with using the law to stoke a culture war by giving more protection to inanimate objects than to people." - @angelaeagle
Angela Eagle points out the government's warped priorities and disrespect for free expression. #PolicingBill
"The public needs to be able to tell us when we're doing wrong and sometimes that is loud and messy. But we must not try to silence it, no matter how uncomfortable it makes us." - @stellacreasy #PolicingBill
Maria Eagle points out that Priti Patel has taken advantage of a bill that was supposed to be about keeping people safe from dangerous criminals, to support her anti-protest agenda. @meaglemp #PolicingBill
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Illegally shut Parliament ✅
Broke international law ✅
Outlawed loud protest ✅
Illegal campaign ✅
Scapegoat immigrants ✅
Green Peace on Terror list ✅
Banned teaching opposing views ✅
Denied 16yr-olds vote to stop Labour ✅
Daily Mail editor head of OFCOM ✅ #FascistBritain
The Crown Prosecution Service has a constitutional responsibility to bring charges against politicians who break the law.
Why is the @cpsuk choosing to protect Conservatives? Impartiality demands equality before the law.
Failure to act in these circumstances WOULD be political.
We put thieves in jail because they chose to damage someone financially for personal gain via dishonest means.
Brexit politicians have damaged people financially for personal gain via dishonest means, on a MUCH larger scale.
So I'm just gonna say it. They all belong in prison.
Literally all of them promised people Brexit wouldn't damage our trade, and that's exactly what's happening.
I'm sorry. I'm just angry after watching this @pkelso report:
Small businesses like Lizzie's can't afford to set up a branch in the EU to avoid the new Brexit costs. But big businesses can and are doing it now.
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A clear advantage to large corporations, screwing the little guy.
When something good/bad happens due to Brexit, we must know HOW Brexit caused it AND if that's good or bad.
E.g. If Nissan has to start manufacturing the batteries here because the Brexit Deal means they would now face tariffs otherwise, that's good for this, but bad generally.
In other words... If you were going to judge whether 2020 was a good year, you wouldn't say "Well, face masks sales are through the roof, so clearly the economy was booming."
Not all positives are a good sign.
The fact the 'tariff free Brexit deal' doesn't cover goods that have major components from overseas, is why the battery production had to move to Sunderland to avoid tariffs on electric Nissans.
Large corporations can afford to move things around like that. On the other hand...
Today Loyalist groups in Northern Ireland rejected the Good Friday Agreement.
In 2019 Boris Johnson said that if major parts of Northern Ireland's economy were governed by the EU, it would 'undermine the balance' the GF Agreement is based on.