LABOUR’S looming electoral humiliation and its attack on democratic rights are linked.

Deepening restrictions on the right to free speech and assembly did not begin with Labour — a succession of laws brought in by the Tories gave police sweeping new arrest powers, introduced lengthy prison sentences for crimes as vague as causing a “serious nuisance,” and enabled police to shut down protests in advance of disruption they were deemed likely to cause.

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