I was very concerned with this, but not at all surprised. It ties in with our current nasty and oppressive government's current way of thinking. They recently tried to do away with the Human Rights Act 1998 via the Bill of Rights Bill. Rather than giving rights, it sought to strip them away, give power to the authorities as to whether we were entitled to certain rights, and making it harder for us to access them. Fortunately, it seems to have died the death after one reading. For now.Blackstuff wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 7:23 am No one else concerned about the proposal effectively removing your human rights (under the 1998 act)?? It reads as if it would effectively mean that simply possessing a certificate would mean the Police have a right to enter your home without good reason or a warrant
We've recently effectively lost the right to protest. That seems to have slipped past the public pretty easily, perhaps because it was used on anti-monarchists exercising their rights (organized with full candour with the MET months beforehand) and yer average forelock-tugging pleb thought targetting "troublemakers" was a good idea. Of course, yer average forelock-tugging pleb is too thick to envisage that, one day hence, THEY may be seen as a troublemaker.
So, yes, NO was very much my answer. It would be a licence for coppers to embark on fishing trips in the same way they target young people and black folk. The equivalent of "I thought I smelled cannabis."
