Diane Abbott MP: The Public Order Bill has no place in a democratic society
‘This is a government that does not tire of lecturing the rest of the world on democracy and human rights, and yet this is Bill creates two classes of citizens.’
‘This is a government that does not tire of lecturing the rest of the world on democracy and human rights, and yet this is Bill creates two classes of citizens.’
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The bill seeks to criminalise effective means of protest and will further entrench racial inequalities in our criminal justice system
The government’s own track record and ministers’ recent statements should ring alarm bells for all trades unionists.
‘The government is trying to take away people’s agency and power, but there’s a growing determination – and organisation – determined not to let that happen’.
‘Under the Bill, protests could be banned because they are deemed to be noisy and disruptive and participants could be prosecuted’.
‘There is no charter of people’s rights and parliament is weak and unable to hold government to account.’
Dave Carr said that the issue is not only about money, but also about the survival of the NHS.
‘The last forty years of neoliberal coup has restructured the UK state so that instead of being a provider of public services it has become a guarantor of corporate profits and enrichment of the few.’
‘Such sweeping reforms will have huge consequential effects on matters that are the responsibility of the Senedd in Cardiff. But it has become clear that once again, Westminster doesn’t care.’