Wondering how @Piers_Corbyn has been fined £10,000?
- From yesterday police have power to fine £10k for people holding or "involved in the holding" of gathering > 30 people
- Can apply to protests but charities/businesses/political bodies can lawfully organise if follow guidance https://twitter.com/AdamWagner1/status/1299027444427567105">https://twitter.com/AdamWagne...
- From yesterday police have power to fine £10k for people holding or "involved in the holding" of gathering > 30 people
- Can apply to protests but charities/businesses/political bodies can lawfully organise if follow guidance https://twitter.com/AdamWagner1/status/1299027444427567105">https://twitter.com/AdamWagne...
I think it& #39;s time to raise an uncomfortable little flag - you may fiercely disagree with Piers Corbyn& #39;s views (I do!) a person was just fined £10k for organising a peaceful (as far as I know) protest under a law which came into force 24 hours earlier...
... passed with no parliamentary scrutiny, literally by a flick of @MattHancock& #39;s pen, using a power which allows the executive to pass new criminal laws without prior approval by any other elected officials - and this by my count about the 50th such time it happened since March
I am not exaggerating, as a lawyer who has been following these regulations closely for 5 months I just about figured out, on Thursday, that these new fines would apply to some political protests but I don& #39;t think anyone else was on top of it and the govt weren& #39;t advertising it..