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muriel_volestrangler

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4. It may be to make it an offence if there is just a *risk* of serious inconvenience

Reply to Laelth (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 17, 2021, 06:56 PM

Mar 2021

rather than the police having to prove someone actually did suffer. This would enable them to shut down protests pretty much whenever they felt like it ("an ambulance might have needed to use this road. It doesn't matter that there's no ambulance within a mile. You're nicked" ) .

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The maximum sentence for putting someone at risk of suffering serious annoyance will be 10 years [View all] muriel_volestrangler Mar 2021 OP

Yikes. Don't let the GOP find out! We'll get it here. marble falls Mar 2021 #1

I don't understand the purpose of this change. Laelth Mar 2021 #2

Perhaps against protesters? tblue37 Mar 2021 #3

It may be to make it an offence if there is just a *risk* of serious inconvenience muriel_volestrangler Mar 2021 #4

This looks like terrible lawmaking. Emrys Mar 2021 #5

Well, the Government CONSTANTLY put me at risk of suffering serious annoyance! LeftishBrit Mar 2021 #6