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Urban Cohort's avatar

Thank you Paul for your excellent article. I would like to add also the comments by Neil Basu (an opportunist if ever I have seen one!) about (ab) using the Terrorism Act agaibst those ‘inciting’ the violence. The laws exist already to criminalise and deal with incitement, and this is stretching the definition of terrorism in my view. Terrorism of course carries stronger investigatory powers and periods of detention before charge, as well as carrying much more severe penalties.

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P Wilson's avatar

No amount of censorship changes reality on the ground, the ‘revered’ lived experience of the voters. To achieve what Labour and the progressive state are wanting will require an Orwellian style police state. What really concerns me is that far from that being viewed as beyond the pale, Labour seem to regard it as their blueprint for government.

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