Thread on the Walnut Soufflé

Question: if every political party is promising thousands more cops as a test of their toughness, but prisons require fewer arrests because of a lack of space, why is there so little new thinking about non-carceral alternatives to policing and prisons?
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“The demonstration had to run a frightening gauntlet of abuse, insult and provocation, the aim of which was clearly to create a physical confrontation.”

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This is utterly shameful

WE NOW CALL ON THE POLICE TO IMMEDIATELY STOP USING THESE POWERS

It's surprising *, isn't it, how the government keeps appointing supposedly 'independent' advisors on 'extremism' and they all provide exactly the authoritarian message ministers wanted to hear?

[* not really]

Hands up if you feel you don't have the 'basic democratic agency' to have any influence over government or opposition parties on the climate breakdown, genocide in Palestine, sales of weapons to repressive regimes, structural racism...

Or anything really?

Michael Gove using accusations of antisemitism to demonise and smear people marching against Israels genocide in Gaza & in solidarity with the Palestinian people.

WE’VE WON our case against Government anti-protest laws that completely ignored the will of Parliament.

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A long-trailed review of political violence and extremism is presented to MPs tomorrow morning and in a break from standard practice, the government will use parliamentary privilege so its oil & arms lobbyist author can avoid legal action for defamation theguardian.com/world/article/…

Lord Walney is asked if the police should have new powers to ban pro Palestinian marches & he says he is concerned they don't have sufficient powers.

He goes on to claim there have been substantial levels of criminality, disorder and antisemitism. He's lying.

A man in his 30s has died in police custody in Swindon theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

Thanks for inviting one of our team to speak at this event in Glasgow - great to catch up with our comrades from SCALP Scottish Community & Activist Legal Project too