“Yes, you can… but only if you’re quiet”
<p>The UK is undertaking changes to its ‘law of protest’, which have the capacity drastically to re-orientate the relationship between citizen and state in favour of the latter. The draft Bill takes little or no account of the important role protest plays in a free society and coincides with p...
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| description | <p>The UK is undertaking changes to its ‘law of protest’, which have the capacity drastically to re-orientate the relationship between citizen and state in favour of the latter. The draft Bill takes little or no account of the important role protest plays in a free society and coincides with police officers forcefully breaking up a peaceful vigil to mark the murder of Sarah Everard last week. These images highlight how unbalanced, unnecessary and unprincipled the changes are – many of its planned changes seek to plug non-existent gaps.</p>
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| spelling | doaj.art-6b5ea8fcb07a4e88857b653e734e77e12022-12-22T00:45:26ZdeuMax Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbHVerfassungsblog2366-70442366-7044“Yes, you can… but only if you’re quiet”David Mead<p>The UK is undertaking changes to its ‘law of protest’, which have the capacity drastically to re-orientate the relationship between citizen and state in favour of the latter. The draft Bill takes little or no account of the important role protest plays in a free society and coincides with police officers forcefully breaking up a peaceful vigil to mark the murder of Sarah Everard last week. These images highlight how unbalanced, unnecessary and unprincipled the changes are – many of its planned changes seek to plug non-existent gaps.</p> https://verfassungsblog.de/uk-silence-protest/police, Police Crime Sentencing and Courts Bill, Right to Protest, United Kingdom |
| spellingShingle | David Mead “Yes, you can… but only if you’re quiet” Verfassungsblog police, Police Crime Sentencing and Courts Bill, Right to Protest, United Kingdom |
| title | “Yes, you can… but only if you’re quiet” |
| title_full | “Yes, you can… but only if you’re quiet” |
| title_fullStr | “Yes, you can… but only if you’re quiet” |
| title_full_unstemmed | “Yes, you can… but only if you’re quiet” |
| title_short | “Yes, you can… but only if you’re quiet” |
| title_sort | yes you can but only if you re quiet |
| topic | police, Police Crime Sentencing and Courts Bill, Right to Protest, United Kingdom |
| url | https://verfassungsblog.de/uk-silence-protest/ |
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