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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
National
Adam Robertson

Tory protest legislation makes for 'depressingly Orwellian future'

TORY plans to introduce legislation which would clamp down on protests south of the Border have been panned by politicians across Scotland.

The UK Government already passed legislation in 2022 in a bid to allow police to have more power to stop disturbance but is planning to go further with a new set of laws known as the Public Order Bill.

It was published last year and is currently in the final stages of debate in parliament with the aim being to broaden the legal definition of “serious disruption”.

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