Tag Archive: Protest
Elite Police Squad to Monitor Anti-Migrant Posts on Social Media
Amid mounting fears of a 'summer of riots', police are deploying elite units to trawl social media for signs of 'hate'.
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The Epping Protesters Have Had Enough of Being Ignored and Lied To
Last night's violence in Epping is the desperate cry of people who have been ignored for decades, says David Shipley. Violence must be condemned. But if the state doesn’t change course, and fast, we will see many Eppings.
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The Palestine Action Ban Was Right — But It’s Opened a Pandora’s Box
The Government was right to proscribe Palestine Action – but it's opened a Pandora's box, says Anna Stanley. With so many in the UK now emotionally invested in the Palestinian cause, can social breakdown be avoided?
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The Coalition Against Killing
It's been a dark week in the UK, with the Commons approving both abortion up to birth and assisted suicide via poisoning on the NHS. Dr Clare Craig was outside Parliament on Friday and sees reasons not to lose hope.
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Beware the 3.5% Rule
The anti-Trump No Kings protests cling to a '3.5% Rule' that claims tiny minorities can topple tyrants. It's yet another ridiculous generalisation by a political scientist, says Prof James Alexander.
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Reform Wins Runcorn By-Election by Six Votes, Overturning Labour Majority of 14,700 and Triggering Political Earthquake
Reform has won the Runcorn and Helsby by-election from Labour by just six votes, overturning a majority of 14,700 and triggering a political earthquake that threatens to shatter the hegemony of Labour and the Tories.
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Net Zero Pylon Plans Could Cause “Mass Social Unrest”
Net Zero plans to erect pylons across rural Wales could cause "mass social unrest", an energy company has been warned.
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Anti-Abortion Campaigner Championed by White House Found Guilty of Breaching ‘Buffer Zone’ by Holding Sign Saying “Here to Talk, if You Want”
Anti-abortion campaigner Livia Tossici-Bolt, whose case was championed by the White House over free speech concerns, has been convicted of breaching a 'buffer zone' outside an abortion clinic and ordered to pay £20,000.
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Don’t be Fooled by Activists Hiding in a Quaker ‘Friends Meeting House’
Last week, 20 officers broke into a Quaker Meeting House and arrested six women. Was this another crackdown on free speech, like the parents arrested for criticising their child's school? Not so fast, says Ben Pile.
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Just Stop Oil Announces End of Protests After Miliband “Made Demands Government Policy”
Just Stop Oil has announced that it will end its campaign of disruptive protests as it claimed Ed Miliband has made its main demand of no new oil and gas "Government policy".
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