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Labour MP Nadia Whittome: Public Order Act is threat to democracy

‘New law restricts one of the few tools working-class people have left at their disposal to push for change’

By Nadia Whittome
Labour MP Nadia Whittome: Public Order Act is threat to democracy
Police apprehend a member of climate protest group Just Stop Oil in the coronation crowd in London, 6 May | Justin Tallis – WPA Pool / Getty Images
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Saturday was a historic day, and not just for the coronation of King Charles III

Six people from the anti-monarchy campaign group Republic were arrested as they arrived to set up their demonstration in Trafalgar Square – a protest they had been liaising with the Met Police about since January.

Also rounded up and thrown into cells were Animal Rising activists, who were attending a training course in east London, nowhere near the coronation procession.

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