Scottish Government responds to Labour's enhanced policing protest plans

Scottish Government responds to Labour's enhanced policing protest plans

The Scottish Government has said it "will consider" Labour Government plans to give the police greater powers to restrict protests ...

Labour’s plan to criminalise protest is an assault on democracy

Share this post: Labour’s Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced plans to give police new powers to restrict protests, claiming it will help “protect communities”. This is a lie. In reality, it is a plan to criminalise dissent – an attack on free speech designed to promote government policy and silence anyone who [...] The post Plan to criminalise protest – to ‘protect communities’ – is an attack on democracy appeared first on Vox Politica…