Scenes in Bristol very depressing. You shouldn't attack cops. You shouldn't attack anyone, ever, for any reason.
And now, as sure as rain, Patel will say that scenes like these are why they need to give the police new powers. Even though the powers are nothing to do with events like today, and everything you do with silencing peaceful protest.
It'll be a completely fake argument, but for many people watching on TV, who won't have read the bill and only have a vague understanding of what's in it, it'll ring true.
We already had an extremely difficult task trying to stop this bill, or at least water it down. It just became a lot harder.
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