‘Sneaky, cheating bastards’ – Josiah Mortimer reports on a peer leading the charge against the Government's fresh protest clampdown
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"I want to find a place of grace far from the stench of the media. I want to go where I am not reminded of the social media sewer."
Commons session turns to farce as Conservative Deputy Chair suggests all protestors should just stand for election instead, Josiah Mortimer reports
Using entirely bogus pretexts, the police are deploying oppressive new laws to shut down peaceful protest. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 12th May 2023 The more unequal a society becomes, the more oppressive its laws must be. This, I think, explains new acts that would not be out of place in a police […]
Demonisation of migrants and a focus on ‘going back’ to some made-up glorious past means Brits need to be alert to ‘fascism’, XR activist Dirk Campbell tells Josiah Mortimer
Activists from Palestinian Action continue their protests around the Elbit-owned UAV company to mark 75 years since the 'nakba' displacement
Mic Wright explains what happened to non-violent Animal Rising activists on the day of the Coronation
Josiah Mortimer reports on a spree of arrests of peaceful protestors in the capital
While covering the arrest of Republican demonstrators last weekend, Mic Wright also discovered Westminster volunteers the Night Stars had been caught up in the Met dragnet
When ministers and police argue the ability to protest is based on ‘context’ like TV viewing figures at the King's coronation, it ceases to exist, says Josiah Mortimer