Putting up with a degree of annoyance is the price we pay for liberty, says Peter Tatchell in this review of the implications of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill..
This is why I am going to keep an eye on (perhaps even join!) a new cross-party campaign (launched today) called Reform Clause 1 – Feel Free to Annoy Me. It aims to amend the legislation before it gets on the statute book and has brought together senior backbenchers Sir Edward Leigh MP and David Davis MP, Baroness Mallalieu QC, Lord MacDonald and former Chief Constable, Lord Dear - plus organisations like The Christian Institute, National Secular Society, Big Brother Watch and the Peter Tatchell Foundation.
This is why I am going to keep an eye on (perhaps even join!) a new cross-party campaign (launched today) called Reform Clause 1 – Feel Free to Annoy Me. It aims to amend the legislation before it gets on the statute book and has brought together senior backbenchers Sir Edward Leigh MP and David Davis MP, Baroness Mallalieu QC, Lord MacDonald and former Chief Constable, Lord Dear - plus organisations like The Christian Institute, National Secular Society, Big Brother Watch and the Peter Tatchell Foundation.
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