Minority groups are being given crumbs to build consent for Labour's authoritarian Crime & Policing Bill; meanwhile left media outlets like Novara, trade unions, and left wing MPs are silent.
It's great they're raising awareness of this, but I think there is a huge issue to amending what is a deeply authoritarian Bill. The good people who submit the ammendments then become tied in to supporting the Bill in its entirety which is deeply problematic.
Thats admirable; I'd argue the process of submitting ammendments/supporting ammendments is no doubt being done with pragmatism in mind, but I think builds consent and support for the Bill as a whole which at least partially explains why most of the left and good thinking people support it. Compare to the welfare bill which was gutted inside out because it was robustly opposed.
Thank you for writing this. I'm going to share it around comrades in Greater Manchester.
This and the threatened proscribing of Pal Action happening simultaneously both evidence a real intensification of the government's racial authoritarianism under Labour.
It’s worth highlighting that Green Party MPs have been campaigning on this, e.g.:
https://x.com/openeyecomms/status/1938837698715799866
It's great they're raising awareness of this, but I think there is a huge issue to amending what is a deeply authoritarian Bill. The good people who submit the ammendments then become tied in to supporting the Bill in its entirety which is deeply problematic.
I expect the Green MPs will vote against it regardless of whether their amendments are accepted.
Thats admirable; I'd argue the process of submitting ammendments/supporting ammendments is no doubt being done with pragmatism in mind, but I think builds consent and support for the Bill as a whole which at least partially explains why most of the left and good thinking people support it. Compare to the welfare bill which was gutted inside out because it was robustly opposed.
I’d say it’s more about attempting to highlight some of the worst excesses of the bill (the amendments are not going to be passed by Labour).
I note though that it was the threat of a (far-reaching) amendment that forced the government to hollow out the Welfare bill.
Good points on both accounts!
Thank you for writing this. I'm going to share it around comrades in Greater Manchester.
This and the threatened proscribing of Pal Action happening simultaneously both evidence a real intensification of the government's racial authoritarianism under Labour.
Thanks for reading and sharing. Its horrifying the direction the state is going in.