I don't agree with what these people do but I don't think they're the type of people that deserve long prison sentences. Short sentences would probably scare them enough along with probationary conditions about social media and protests. I wonder if this is Labour trying to look like they're the party of Law and Order. Anyway, as someone else posted, I doubt they'll serve much of their sentences. A year maybe.

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I can write about ‘extreme prolonged action’ and ‘psychological violence’

Edited by EverybodyDannsNow (19 Jul 2024 5.45pm)

This is not a problem for EDN and others on here.

I expect they would drop the rhetoric if they were the one in the ambulance or a relative.

Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.

I do wonder what sort of charges we will see against yesterdays 'protestors' in Southport.

If a Zoom call planning a peaceful protest can get you 5 years, you have to wonder what violent protest like we saw last night will result in.

You really don't have a problem with mass disruption causing for example people to miss medical appointments or ambulances and emergency services to be delayed, or, you are just so ideologically engaged it doesn't matter to you?

Can't see a third option?

If the latter then fair enough, bit don't whine if you are personally affected by such a disruption in the future.

I will be using UK airports during August and really hope I encounter the JSO cultists glued to floor and obstructing my progress.

Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.

I'll wager you that the protesters will not serve long terms. I'd say a few months or year at most. I'd also wager that they'll be let out on the quiet and will sign non-disclosure agreements or be threatened with being kept in. This is to make Labour look tough - basically political in the wider sense.
Which is also the reason no one will be charged immediately with anything about the Southport protests. Give it six months and there will be a tiny column in the Southport news about a couple of arrests. Currently, it won't look good. In a while, no one will remember. Well - that's the rather predictable government viewpoint.

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