News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
Metropolitan Police officers have justified their heavy-handed crackdown under Covid lockdown rules at a vigil held for Sarah Everard by claiming that the gathering was morphing into an "anti-police protest".
Scotland Yard has been prompted to issue advice about the powers held by the police and for those approached by an undercover officer, with a former Senior Officer saying: "If you're really concerned dial 999."
In the same month that Wayne Couzens abused Covid rules to kidnapped Sarah Everard, ministers were urged to “roll back the extensive powers unwisely handed to the state” and to the police.
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