The party was particularly critical of her attempt to put political pressure on the Metropolitan Police to ban Saturday's march in London because it represented yet another attack by the government on freedom of speech and the public's democratic right to protest.
There is an authoritarian streak to this government which should worry very much all those who care about this country's democratic future. I don't think it's a coincidence that Braverman and those who support her are among the most enthusiastic advocates of Brexit and of British withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Brexit was sold to the British electorate as a way of improving British democracy.
Brexit has done great damage to our economy. But it's also doing just as much damage to standards in our political life. This economic and political damage will only be reversed when the UK re-joins the European Union. The longer we remain outside the EU, the more the economic and political damage will mount.
#Rejoin EU Party #Suella Braverman #Metropolitan Police #freedom of speech #democratic right to protest #authoritarian streak #Brexit #European Convention on Human Rights #British democracy #damage to economy #damage to political standards
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