UK Column News - Monday, 17th October 2022 1:02:30-1:13:53 - Public order or dictatorship?

 

UK Column News - Monday, 17th October 2022 1:02:30-1:13:53 - Public order or dictatorship?

1:02:30 Home Secretary Suella Braverman's article on eco-zealots — Daily Mail

1:03:20 Just Stop Oil climbers on Dartford QE2 bridge — BBC report

1:03:40 London climate protesters spray paint on Aston Martin showroom — The National (UAE) report

1:04:00 Public Order Bill to be resubmitted to Parliament — Parliament.UK bill status

1:05:40 Broadcasting regulator Ofcom to investigate Mark Steyn for Dr Naomi Wolf interview — Ofcom tweet

1:07:10 West Midlands policeman tells journalist he'll be arrested if he uses "derogatory, defamatory or discriminatory terms" and asks bystander whether she was insulted — footage courtesy of Bad Law Team on Twitter

Same police policy in Bristol: David Scott interview of Pastor Dia Moodley

Same police policy in Hampshire and Surrey: Charles Malet article on bad law giving rise to woke police

England & Wales' current (1986 Public Order Act, §4 and §5) statutory framework: Crown Prosecution Service guidelines on "fear or provocation of violence; harassment, alarm or distress" — N.B.:

With effect from 1 February 2014, section 5 no longer includes words, behaviour, or displays which are simply “insulting”.