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Amnesty in Salisbury & South WiltshireAnti-protest law modified High Court loosens restrictions on demonstrationsMay 2025No government likes protests. They demonstrate, all too visibly, that the public – or a part of them at least – is not happy with them or the status quo. Depending on the degree of despotism, demonstrations are controlled or in the worst of countries, banned altogether. China has an extremely restrictive policy backed up by a massive and all pervasive surveillance system making protests all but impossible. Gulf states are also highly restrictive. Demonstrations are often how change happens. Britain has many examples throughout its history of protest bringing change. Wat Tyler and the plight of the poor (serfs); the Poll Tax riots in 1381 and 1970; the Prayer Book rebellion; the Iraq War protest and of course the Suffragettes. There are many more examples. They do not necessarily bring about immediate change. They do show to politicians and others the depth of feeling that people have about their cause. The last Conservative government was no different to others in disliking protests. What upset them the most were the climate protests. Just Stop Oil and other groups such as Extinction Rebellion, engaged in a series of eye-catching protests which shone a light on the government’s failure (in their eyes) to do enough to stop fossil fuel extraction. Suella Braverman, then the Home Secretary resented these protests and introduced the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act in 2022 in an attempt to seriously curtail them. Controversially they introduced a change in the threshold wording from ‘serious disruption’ to ‘more than minor’. This was done by using a statutory instrument not after proper debate in the House of Commons. This had the effect of almost banning all protests. Successful challenge<a href="https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/liberty-defeats-government-appeal-as-court-rules-anti-protest-laws-are-unlawful/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Liberty</a> and other groups successfully challenged this in the courts and the new Labour government decided to appeal. This seems to demonstrate that the dislike of protest is not a party political matter: governments just do not like challenge. Last week (May 2) the Appeal Court ruled that ‘serious’ is not ‘more than minor’ and said that the anti-protest laws were introduced unlawfully. The regulations gave police almost unlimited powers to prevent protests taking place. Many were arrested using these powers. The protests which so upset the previous government concerned fossil fuels. The fossil fuel industry is extremely powerful and well-funded. Several of the various think tanks based in and around 55 Tufton Street are thought to be funded by them. These include: The Tax Payers Alliance; Civitas; Adam Smith Institute; Global Warming Policy Foundation; Centre for Policy Studies and the Institute of Economic Affairs. Their funding is opaque but is thought to be mainly from fossil fuel companies such as the Koch corporation in the USA among others. They have frequent access to the media being interviewed on various BBC and commercial stations without ever being asked ‘who funds you?’ Their opinions often appear in newspaper columns. They employ large numbers of lobbyists and enjoy close contact with ministers and civil servants. They claim to be influential in forming policies to suit their interests. <a href="https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/rishi-sunak-right-wing-think-tank-anti-protest-laws-policy-exchange/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">It was admitted by Rishi Sunak</a> when he was prime minister that the Policy Exchange – another of these think tanks funded by Exxon Mobil – had drafted the anti-protest legislation.Protest is crucial to enable the ordinary person to make their voice heard. As with the arms industry we highlighted in a previous post, governments are dominated by commercial concerns, the need for growth and the enormous power and influence of companies and their army of lobbyists. <a href="https://politicsteaching.com/2023/08/19/what-is-lobbying-and-how-significant-is-it-in-the-uk-2/#:~:text=The%20annual%20spend%20on%20lobbying%20in%20the%20UK,100%20companies%2C%20the%20largest%20companies%20in%20the%20country." rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Around £2bn per annum is spent by firms on this activity</a>. It is welcome news that the Appeal Court has ruled against the government and its ‘draconian’ anti-protest legislation. <a href="https://salisburyai.com/2025/05/04/vigil-74/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Previous</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://salisburyai.com/tag/appeal-court/" target="_blank">#AppealCourt</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://salisburyai.com/tag/braverman/" target="_blank">#Braverman</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://salisburyai.com/tag/fossil-fuel/" target="_blank">#fossilFuel</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://salisburyai.com/tag/protest/" target="_blank">#protest</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://salisburyai.com/tag/think-tanks/" target="_blank">#thinkTanks</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Like from beyond the grave Braverman still lurks.....<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/may/02/campaigners-claim-victory-as-judges-quash-braverman-move-against-protests" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/may/02/campaigners-claim-victory-as-judges-quash-braverman-move-against-protests</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPOL</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKpolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Braverman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Braverman</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tories</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Protest</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a>

Geri ❤️<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Braverman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Braverman</a> has just rocked up to Washington DC even though she does not have an invitation to the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/inauguration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inauguration</a> Pathetic and nauseous in equal measureXx

COPS campaignBraverman tried to curtail the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spycops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spycops</a> public inquiry - as Home Secretary she tried to change the inquiry to look away from the impacts on individuals to the broader effects of the political secret police. Amazing FoI work by the Undercover Research Group:<a href="https://freedomnews.org.uk/2025/01/14/exclusive-braverman-tried-to-curtail-spycops-inquiry/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://freedomnews.org.uk/2025/01/14/exclusive-braverman-tried-to-curtail-spycops-inquiry/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/suellaBraverman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#suellaBraverman</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/braverman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#braverman</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homeoffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homeoffice</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publicinquiry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publicinquiry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ucpi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ucpi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/undercoverpolicinginquiry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#undercoverpolicinginquiry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spying</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/policecorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#policecorruption</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#police</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/undercover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#undercover</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/undercoverpolicing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#undercoverpolicing</a>

giga 🔻Secondo l'ex ministra britannica Suella <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Braverman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Braverman</a>, l'Italia avrebbe costruito un <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/muro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#muro</a> anti-immigrati sul suo confine con la Turchia. Sta' a vedere che adesso ci tocca invadere di nuovo la Grecia.

Andreas LindholmStrictly speaking, there is no land border between Italy and Turkey. Or a wall. But apart from that there is a wall. I mean, she has seen it with her own eyes.<a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/Braverman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Braverman</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/SuellaBraverman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SuellaBraverman</a> <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/suella-braverman-claims-she-has-seen-the-land-border-between-italy-and-turkey-and-people-are-baffled_uk_67768d82e4b0992e3ccba325" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/suella-braverman-claims-she-has-seen-the-land-border-between-italy-and-turkey-and-people-are-baffled_uk_67768d82e4b0992e3ccba325</a>

TC Won't Give In To LiesNearly a year later, confirmation - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sunak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sunak</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Braverman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Braverman</a> were *wrong* to smear Gaza protesters and police. No surprise there. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ToriesUnfitToGovern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ToriesUnfitToGovern</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/sep/10/sunak-braverman-metropolitan-police-palestine-demos-report" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/sep/10/sunak-braverman-metropolitan-police-palestine-demos-report</a>

Jacqui ☘️When will it be okay to mention <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Brexit</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Johnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Johnson</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Braverman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Braverman</a> and the many many <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Tories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tories</a> in relation to what we are seeing mainly in England & in small pockets of disorder breaking out in Belfast.This is on those who pushed this for their own gain but it seems not to be getting much airtime in the English media.

Jacqui ☘️Good Morning Everyone!I took a day off from the News yesterday. So imagine my surprise to see that <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Braverman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Braverman</a> isn't running for the <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Tory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tory</a> leadership! I wonder is ten MP'S is all she could manage to support her out 121! Yes this good news however we still have the original wicked witch <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Patel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Patel</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Badenoch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Badenoch</a> in the race. It will not be good until those two are gone as well.Don't get me wrong there isn't a good Tory left in that rump of a party. At least this time they can only hurt themselves

Jacqui ☘️I think I will be giving LBC a miss at 10.00 this morning!Don't particularly want to listen to the witch <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Braverman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Braverman</a> spout her vile ranting!There bound to something else I could do like watch paint dry or clean the cat's litter! <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/cruel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cruel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/evil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#evil</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/vile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vile</a>

Juggling With EggsThe optics of this spat between <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Braverman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Braverman</a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Badenoch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Badenoch</a> are intriguing.Maybe someone right now is writing a PhD thesis titled ‘Braverman vs. Badenoch…the pair that intersectionality forgot’

Shouty personIn every single election over at least the last 50 years, the majority of UK voters have voted for Left or Centre-Left parties. Every single one. Including, obviously, the one last week. So, it’s pretty deluded of <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Braverman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Braverman</a> to say, this week, that the reason the Tories lost is because some Tories aren’t leaning far enough to the Right. <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPolitics</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/PopCon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PopCon</a>

MidgePhoto<a href="https://photog.social/tags/Monstrous" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Monstrous</a> thing <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Braverman" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Braverman</a> rants <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/09/home-office-flying-of-pride-flag-was-monstrous-thing-says-suella-braverman" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/09/home-office-flying-of-pride-flag-was-monstrous-thing-says-suella-braverman</a>

Shouty personSome in the “Tory party think it was everyone's fault but their own”, you say? <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Braverman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Braverman</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPolitics</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/PopCon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PopCon</a>

Shouty person<a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Braverman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Braverman</a> said: "We were going to use our Brexit freedoms and stop waves of illegal migrants. We were going to cut taxes. We were going to stop the lunatic woke virus. We did none of this."She continued: "Our problem is that the liberal Conservatives who trashed the Tory party think it was everyone's fault but their own.”<a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPolitics</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/PopCon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PopCon</a>

Jacqui ☘️Is Alex's (Boris) late appearance for the <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Tories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tories</a> to distract from the hit job that <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Braverman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Braverman</a> did on <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Sunak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sunak</a> in the Daily Telegraph today. It appears she has started her leadership campaign a little early...is there not the small matter of her having to win her seat tomorrow??<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/GTTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GTTO</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ge2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ge2024</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ByeBye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ByeBye</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Borislies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Borislies</a>

Shouty personNext up, <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Fareham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fareham</a>. It’s time to kick Cruella <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Braverman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Braverman</a> to the kerb. <a href="https://libdems.my.salesforce-sites.com/DonationPage/donation/248-donate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://libdems.my.salesforce-sites.com/DonationPage/donation/248-donate</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/VoteTactically" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VoteTactically</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/StopTheTories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StopTheTories</a>

Anthony Stevens 🇪🇺 🇯🇲 💙<a href="https://toot.wales/@alexisbushnell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@alexisbushnell</a> In all honesty, the likes of Cameron, Doris & Truss have more blood on their hands than <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Sunak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sunak</a> in my opinion. HOWEVER, he's a political pygmy who seriously thought the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FarRight</a> wing of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Tories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tories</a> would vote for a brown <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Indian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Indian</a>. Sunak, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Patel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Patel</a> & <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Braverman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Braverman</a> were really the useful idiots the Far Right used to hide behind, so they could push through <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Brexit</a> & a whole host of extremist policies. Having <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Asians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Asians</a> around them, gave the Far Right Tories a veneer of respectability.

Cedric Knight 🌍💙Light relief: The Sound of Silence, a witty response to Suella <a href="https://greennet.social/tags/Braverman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Braverman</a>'s attempt to wind up students demanding as stance on <a href="https://greennet.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> from <a href="https://greennet.social/tags/CambridgeUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CambridgeUniversity</a>.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvEAo3lcExc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvEAo3lcExc</a>Background: <a href="https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/27641" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/27641</a>. <a href="https://greennet.social/tags/CeasefireNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CeasefireNow</a> <a href="https://greennet.social/tags/StopArmingIsrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StopArmingIsrael</a> <a href="https://greennet.social/tags/StopStarvingGaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StopStarvingGaza</a>

pennine<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/bbclaurak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbclaurak</a> After a Tory rout <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Braverman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Braverman</a>'s ramblings want more extremist right dogma. Quit European Convention on Human Rights, isolate the UK. This woman's extremism is surely a gift 4 the progressive majority. Tactical voting will drive this disgusting greed infested supercilious Tory party from UK politics. <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/GeneralElectionN0W" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeneralElectionN0W</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/RejoinEU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RejoinEU</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/torycorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#torycorruption</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/StandWithUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StandWithUkraine</a>

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