From Palestine Action to policing bill, the UK government is killing free speech

From Palestine Action to policing bill, the UK government is killing free speech Submitted by Lord Strasburger on Mon, 04/13/2026 - 16:07 Britain must now decide whether it will defend this core democratic freedom, or be remembered as the generation that let it slip away Police carry away a protester as people gather to call for the lifting of a ban on Palestine Action, in London’s Trafalgar Square on 11 April 2026 (Carlos Jasso/AFP) On Our right to peaceful protest is under relentless attack. The freedom to come together and express our opinions has been gradually strangled by a succession of new laws and regulations introduced by this government and the last one. Police in Britain now have huge discretion to restrict demonstrations or even ban them altogether.