Labour Accused Of Being 'Worse Than Tories' Amid New 'Trumpian' Clampdown On Protest

Police officers carry a protester during a protest to support Palestine Action in London, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025.(AP Photo/Joanna Chan)Labour are being accused of being “worse than the Tories” with the new government crackdown on protests.The Home Office announced on Sunday that it would be granting police forces new powers to put conditions on repeat demonstrations.That means if a protest has taken place at the same site for weeks on end and caused “repeated disorder”, officers could force organisers to hold the event elsewhere.The Home Office said anyone who breaches these conditions risk arrest and prosecution.It comes after the Met Police arrested nearly 500 people at protest against the proscription of the Palestine Action group in London on Saturday.The march went ahead despite calls from the government and the police for the protests to be postponed out of respect for Thursday’s deadly synagogue attack in Manchester where two people were killed.Home secretary Shabana Mahmood said current legislation is also being reviewed to make sure it is being applied fully.Mahmood said: “The right to protest is a fundamental freedom in our country. However, this freedom must be balanced with the freedom of their neighbours to live their lives without fear.”She added: “Large, repeated protests can leave sections of our country, particularly religious communities, feeling unsafe, intimidated and scared to leave their homes. “This has been particularly evident in relation to the considerable fear within the Jewish community, which has been expressed to me on many occasions in these recent difficult days.”Speaking on LBC, the home secretary defended the new measures and insisted it was a good use of police time.She said: “I have no truck with this argument that suggest that police resources are better deployed elsewhere, enabling mass criminality by people who have a political point to make.”LBC presenter Lewis Goodall said that human rights organisations are starting to accuse Britain of “showing authoritarian tendency” by arresting people for doing nothing more than “holding up placard”.She replied: “What Britain is doing is making sure the law of our land is maintained.“It is not ‘holding up a placard’, and I really must pick you up on that, Lewis, in holding up a placard, you are breaking the law because you are supporting a proscribed organisation.”“Mass criminality? Holding up a placard…"Shabana Mahmood denies that the government is showing signs of ‘authoritarianism’ as they continue to clamp down on peaceful protest. pic.twitter.com/FzByKvbPVb— LBC (@LBC) October 5, 2025Not many others felt the same way online though.Independent MP Jeremy Corbyn, who used to be Labour leader, described the crackdown as a “disgraceful assault on the right to protest”.Many other critics compared it to the Conservatives’ enhancement of police powers during their time in office, and claimed Labour were “giving the incoming Reform government everything they could wish for”.A disgraceful assault on the right to protest. The UK government is complicit in genocide. Anyone who understands the meaning of these words knows full well why we continue to speak out.See you on 11 October for the largest demonstration for Palestine in British history. https://t.co/5ut9TV5wIy— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) October 5, 2025Keir Starmer’s Labour seems to be even worse than the Tories. https://t.co/2almzZCOmN— Mbekezeli (@MbekezeliMB) October 5, 2025You can see where this is going and how one-sided it will be https://t.co/RKEiJhFfbw— The Bish (@WalterVerse2) October 5, 2025Isn't this very Trumpian...?Who owns the UK https://t.co/l2BKPhI5fb— Phil Waller (@Davejones0305) October 5, 2025I can't possibly see this being misused! Zero chance that people who don't like pro Palestine protests will see their own causes affected! There's no chance whatsoever that the government could seek to clamp down on protests on domestic issues! https://t.co/23w7Eh1T48— Christopher Waller (@christhebull) October 5, 2025Remember - the restrictions on free speech that you support for those who you disagree with, will one day be used to restrict your free speech. https://t.co/fZS41KCCd3— Helena Horton (@horton_official) October 5, 2025They’re giving the incoming reform government everything they could wish for https://t.co/yreKFLws6U— Dids (@d1d1erm) October 5, 2025All unions should be severing ties with labour https://t.co/WcOonicytg— GRUM (@PlayGrum) October 5, 2025The right to protest is what defines us as a democratic society. Protests, though sometimes inconvenient or disruptive, are a fundamental right of British citizens. There will be times when we disagree with a cause or how it is expressed, but enforcing laws that restrict protest… https://t.co/Lc2Y40F700— Rebecca Ferguson MBE (@RebeccaFMusic) October 5, 2025Related...Synagogue Attack: Shabana Mahmood Urges Pro-Palestine Protesters Not To March This Weekend'Stop Arming Israel!' Minister Heckled As He Tries To Promote UK's Recognition Of PalestineLabour Minister Defends Arrest Of Elderly Woman For Holding Sign At Palestine Action Demo

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