Priti Patel wants a police watchdog to closely examine whether forces have wrongly allowed hugely disruptive rallies to be mounted – even though they interfere with other people’s daily lives. One aspect of the review will seek to ensure protesters who cause extreme disruption are punished to the full limits of the law. The Home Secretary is concerned police are too timid in tackling large-scale protests that deliberately cause long-term disruption. She was also fined £150 for breaching a nine-month conditional discharge imposed over another XR protest. AdvertisementIn her speech to the Conservative Party Conference on Sunday Mrs Patel criticised ‘indefensible’ actions by XR and Black Lives Matter protesters.

Source: Daily Mail October 06, 2020 00:07 UTC