A leading human rights lawyer has warned that police will have “near total discretion” over which protests to ban if the government’s latest restrictions are approved in parliament this week.
Police in England and Wales are to get new powers to stop slow walking protests, a well-known tactic used by fossil fuel and climate activists.
The government was defeated eight times in the House of Lords yesterday on its proposed legislation to limit certain types of protest.
Key parts of government plans to crack down on protest were blocked in the House of Lords yesterday.
Fracking in England in 2022 was tied to the fate of the three prime ministers who held office during the year.
Police have removed climate campaigners blockading the research centre operated by Schlumberger oil service company in Cambridge.
Opponents of fracking in Lancashire have welcomed Cuadrilla’s announcement that it is to plug and abandon shale gas wells near Blackpool.
The protest tactic of locking on – used as far back as the Suffragettes – could become a criminal offence under new changes to the Policing Bill.
Talks focussed on energy at the fifth day of the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow. The COP president says “the end of coal is in sight” and there’s a commitment by some countries to end public funding for unabated fossil fuels.
A petition against plans to restrict protests has been signed by more than 600,000 people, the organisers said today.