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Brexit divide bridged as Remainers and Leavers unite against government crackdown on protests

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After four years of disagreement over Brexit and a second referendum, campaigners have buried the hatchet to unite against the government's plans to limit political protests. All signatories of the letter were able to conduct large scale demonstrations in London and across the UK peacefully and safely under existing legislation. However, under the new proposals, which change the boundaries defining the 'controlled area' of Parliament Square, neither side would have been able to hold the high-profile demonstrations and events in Parliament Square that shaped the Brexit debate.

Campaigners say that despite their "different political views", they "stand shoulder to shoulder to defend our right to express these views".

The letter reads:

"As long as laws are made in Parliament, then British people must have a legal right to protest them in Parliament Square. Democracy is not an 'inconvenience'. Public opposition and dissent are among the hard-won rights that make our democratic system function.

This Bill seeks to silence British people when avenues to express dissatisfaction and opposition by members of the public are already limited. In a democracy, the role of government and the police should be to facilitate the organisation of demonstrations such that people are able to participate safely and legally whilst making their voices heard. This bill does precisely the opposite, and provides no route of appeal or challenge either in law or otherwise.

Seeking to limit noise levels so people cannot be heard, and preventing people from assembling outside Parliament so they cannot be seen - these are the words and actions of authoritarians.

Our organisations may have different political views, but we stand shoulder to shoulder to defend our right to express these views be it by peaceful political protest or other peaceful means.

We call on the government to withdraw this Bill in its entirety until such a time as the COVID-19 pandemic is over, and proper scrutiny of its contents and long-term implications can take place."

Signatories of the open letter include pro-Brexit campaigner Richard Tice, leader of the Reform UK party (formerly the Brexit Party) and Leave Means Leave, Naomi Smith, CEO of Best for Britain, Tom Brufatto, former lead organiser of the People's Vote demonstrations and now co-director of March for Change and Anna Bird, CEO of the European Movement UK.

Dr. Meenal Viz, who also signed the letter, lead a one-person protest during the first lockdown of the UK COVID-19 pandemic which successfully forced the government to drop guidance which asked NHS staff to re-use Personal Protective Equipment. This type of one person protest could also be banned under the government's new proposals.

Signatories of the letter agree that "the role of government and the police should be to facilitate the organisation of demonstrations such that people are able to participate safely and legally" while claiming the government's proposals amount to "actions of authoritarians."

Sign the petition here.
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Repeat of petition to sign: https://www.marchforchange.uk/defend_democracy
 
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I'd just like to point out the number of pages this thread has reached. That is all.

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Integrated review: UK to lift cap on nuclear stockpile

The UK will also shift focus towards Indo-Pacific countries, following a year-long foreign policy review.
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So just weeks after saying we can't give more than a 1% rise to nurses because we have no money, we suddenly find the money to increase our nuclear weapons stockpiles! This is ******* outrageous. Now I strongly suspect there is someone close to Johnson or the Tories set to make a lot of money off this out of nowhere decision to once again unilaterally renege on commitments we made when we signed the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.

It seems the Tories don't think any agreement is worth the paper it is signed on. How the hell can we be a global Britain when we can't be relied on to actually keep our word? I am sick at how brazen the Tories are being about all this, they **** people over, renege on all their commitments, lie through their teeth, **** up the initial Covid response, **** up the first reopening, **** up the Brexit deal and STILL people vote for them.

Jesus Christ serious question for Tory supporters, what the hell do they need to do before you decide not to vote blue again?
 
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Don't know how much people have forcibly shown the stuff about ******* flags but Huw Edwards trying to get an award for best Welsh person.

 
Welsh Exile said:
Can't take their guns away. No sir. Doesn't matter if they have a mass shooting every day.
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Yeh even Biden's not going to go there. Still, sad it's become normalized there in last 20-30 years. Gun victims are just acceptable collateral damage for the right to keep and bear arms.
 
Thought and prayers - though that's been tried so often, it may be time to reconsider the evidence base for that solution
 
The_Blindside said:
Yeh even Biden's not going to go there. Still, sad it's become normalized there in last 20-30 years. Gun victims are just acceptable collateral damage for the right to keep and bear arms.
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It's not in any presidents interests to go there as its tantamount to political suicide over there. I doubt it will ever change, sadly.

Biden, as much as he's was preferable to Trump (not exactly hard) but he's not a guy to shake things up, from my uninformed opinion at least.
 
Which Tyler said:
Thought and prayers - though that's been tried so often, it may be time to reconsider the evidence base for that solution
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So annoying when you hear the Christian fundamentalists say this rubbish. In fact god has a lot to answer for as you hear a lot of Americans say "it's my god given right to bare arms" and they genuinely believe that crap.
 
Welsh Exile said:
It's not in any presidents interests to go there as its tantamount to political suicide over there. I doubt it will ever change, sadly.

Biden, as much as he's was preferable to Trump (not exactly hard) but he's not a guy to shake things up, from my uninformed opinion at least.
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Yep Biden is still fundamentally conservative by European standards. He's fully on board with the pointless "war on drugs" attitude as well. Apparently the WH are firing people who have used weed at any point in their life, regardless of whether they have recently. Could potentially face lawsuits for unfair dismissal.
 
ragerancher said:
Yep Biden is still fundamentally conservative by European standards. He's fully on board with the pointless "war on drugs" attitude as well. Apparently the WH are firing people who have used weed at any point in their life, regardless of whether they have recently. Could potentially face lawsuits for unfair dismissal.
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Yeah, to be honest, 90% of democrats would be Tories if you brought them over here. So funny when you hear republicans describe the Dems as socialist. If you're American your 2 political choices every election is Tory (Dems) and Alt right/Religious zealot/voter surpressing/gun loving/evolution denying nut jobs (GOP)
 

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