Former reviewer of terror legislation says No 10’s efforts to broaden scope of law are ‘dangerous in principle’
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Downing Street’s plan to ban the glorifying of terrorism risks criminalising “supporters of the suffragettes, Nelson Mandela, or even the crowd at Murrayfield belting out Flower of Scotland”, a former independent reviewer of terror legislation has warned.
A range of proposals has been floated by No 10 in the wake of the Armistice Day protests, where members of far-right organisations assaulted police officers and some participants on the pro-Palestine march held antisemitic placards.
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