The Court of Appeal has ruled that anti-protest laws which completely ignored the will of Parliament are unlawful
We’ve now won this case twice – in the High Court and now the Court of Appeal after Labour continued the Conservatives’ appeal against our victory
So it couldn’t be clearer: Labour must now do the right thing and scrap these regulations before anyone else is wrongfully arrested
In 2023, Suella Braverman changed the law on when police can place restrictions on protests
She changed the definition of ‘serious’ disruption to mean ‘more than minor’ disruption – which gave police almost unlimited powers to shut down protests and arrest demonstrators
AND WE'VE WON our case against Government anti-protest laws that completely ignored the will of Parliament
Last summer Suella Braverman changed the definition of “serious disruption” to mean “more than minor” – giving police almost unlimited powers to shut down protests
We said this move was
UNDEMOCRATIC
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
UNACCEPTABLE
And today, the Court has said it was UNLAWFUL
No matter where we’re from, our backgrounds, or who we vote for, most of us want our elected leaders to work within the law and not abuse their powers
Our parliamentary democracy exists to make sure a government can’t just do whatever it wants
Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman made anti-protest laws she had no power to create
So we’re in court today to #DefendDemocracy
Last summer Suella Braverman changed the definition of “serious disruption” to mean “more than minor” – giving police almost unlimited powers to shut down protests
She had no power to do this
Parliament had rejected it when Gov tried to insert it into the Public Order Bill
No matter where we’re from, our backgrounds, or who we vote for, most of us want our elected leaders to work within the law and not abuse their powers
Our parliamentary democracy exists to make sure a government can’t just do whatever it wants