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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Will Durrant

Protesting not ‘un-British’, says Stonewall founder in plea against crackdown

Lord Michael Cashman defended the right to protest (Ian West/PA) - (PA Archive)

Protesting and counter-protesting is not “un-British”, a Stonewall founder has warned, as he urged the Government to “get the equation right” on balancing public freedoms and protections.

Lord Michael Cashman appeared to object to the phrase used by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, when she voiced concerns about seeing pro-Palestine and anti-war demonstrations after the attack on Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester earlier this month.

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