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Will Durrant

Cenotaph protest offence comes ‘at expense’ of other proposed crimes, MP warns

Metropolitan Police officers beside the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London, during a 2023 protest (Jeff Moore/PA) - (PA Archive)

Criminalising protesters who climb on the Cenotaph could come “at the expense” of other proposed offences, a Liberal Democrat frontbencher has warned.

Lisa Smart told the Commons her party “would be protecting the important right to protest rather than making it harder for this right to be exercised”.

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