Published 2 years ago

Priti Patel to urge MPs to stop using 'mob rule' and support new policing powers

Summary by Ground News

Priti Patel is trying to reintroduce measures previously blocked by the House of Lords. They include a new offence of obstructing major transport networks. Fair Trials says the government "appears to be intent on destroying the right to peaceful protest." Labour's shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper says the bill "fails on every count."

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The Guardian

Priti Patel in fresh bid to push through strict anti-protest measures

‘We do not make policy through mob rule,’ home secretary will say as she urges MPs to back bill that criminalises obstructing traffic

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Independent

Patel urges MPs to avoid ‘mob rule’ and back new Bill to limit protesters

Interfering with key national infrastructure – such as railways, roads and printing presses – would become a criminal offence.

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Daily Express

Patel urges MPs to back crackdown on protestors grinding Britain to a halt

HOME Secretary Priti Patel is to urge MPs to reject 'mob rule' and support a crackdown on protestors who bring roads to a standstill or block supplies of fuel.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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The Telegraph

Oil protesters to face a year in prison under new law

Priti Patel is set to urge MPs to back a new Public Order Bill granting greater powers to jail members from groups such as Just Stop Oil

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Evening Standard

Patel urges MPs to avoid ‘mob rule’ and back new Bill to limit protesters

Interfering with key national infrastructure – such as railways, roads and printing presses – would become a criminal offence.

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Sky News UK

Priti Patel to urge MPs to stop using 'mob rule' and support new policing powers

The home secretary is expected to tell MPs: "I will not stand by and let anti-social individuals keep causing misery and chaos for others. The Public Order Bill will empower the police to take more proactive action to protect the rights of the public to go about their lives in peace."

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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