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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Daniel Boffey Chief reporter

Plan to tighten law on glorifying terrorism ‘could criminalise crowd at Murrayfield’

Close-up of a group of rugby fans standing in a large crowd, singing and holding a large blue and white Scottish flag
Rugby fans sing Flower of Scotland before kick-off at a Scotland v Tonga match at Murrayfield in 2021: this could be seen as ‘glorifying terrorism’ under No 10’s plan, David Anderson KC warned. Photograph: David Gibson/Fotosport/Rex/Shutterstock

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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