Former reviewer of terror legislation says No 10’s efforts to broaden scope of law are ‘dangerous in principle’
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.
