Tuesday 24 May 2022 02:13 AM Priti Patel slams Labour for failing to back her 'halt mob rule' move to crack ... trends now
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Priti Patel accused Labour of backing ‘mob rule’ after it opposed measures designed to combat Extinction Rebellion and other protest groups.
Obstructing the new Public Order Bill showed Labour was ‘weak on crime and weak on the causes of crime’, the Home Secretary told the Commons.
The measure would create the criminal offences of ‘interfering with key national infrastructure’, such as airports, and ‘locking on’. This tactic has been used by XR activists who attach themselves to structures, roads and vehicles.
Miss Patel added Labour ‘only seem to care about the rights of the criminals’, not the disruption caused. The Opposition has tabled an amendment setting out its objections to the Bill.
Priti Patel said Labour was supporting 'mob rule' after they opposed the new Public Order Bill, which would help police tackle action by protest groups like Extinction Rebellion
Miss Patel told the Commons last night: ‘Recently we’ve seen a rise in criminal disruptive and self-defeating
