to answer your question, it s symbolic largely but it will certainly make the point that the lives of people like ahmaud arbery and george floyd really do matter. kamala harris has said it s far more than a relic of the past. and i suppose we should point out that in different states around the united states, there have been prosecutions of those who have carried out lynchings, it s not as if it has been open season. that s absolutely right. amazing, isn t it, that the first legislation of this kind was actually proposed in congress as far back as 1900, and since then, there have been 200 attempts to get anti lynching laws onto the statute books, all of which have failed up until now. today, as president biden signed this legislation into law, he said that race
should point out that in different states around the united states, there have been prosecutions of those who have carried out lynching, it s not as if it has been open season. that s absolutely right. amazing, isn t it, that the first legislation of this kind was actually proposed in congress as far back as 1900, and since then, there have been 200 attempts to get anti lynching laws onto the statute books, all of which have failed up until now. today, as president biden sign this legislation into law said that race hate was not an old problem, it was a persistent problem, it was a persistent problem, he said it was a problem, he said it was a problem that never goes away. very simply, the question why? why has it taken so long? the
just confuses me because it s almost to say how could you see there s not anything that can be done? it really confuses me. we see all the time at the moment, a covid notificaion will come up straight away, and i m not trying to compare the two situations, but they put things into place to make sure they can instantly react to stuff. why is that not the case for other situations? especially when, and this is the most recent situation, but the monkey emojis, it s almost as if they ve completely forgotten. imagine how any black person reading that feels. that s the element that s not spoken in out enough. henry? the bill came in in march. certainly, the draught of it. it s not simply about i online abuse, there are other elements. one of the key things| which comes onto the statute books, the government can find that the tech giant, -
think it is an illiberal measure, but when you add up all the permutations, the legislation is sailing through, it will be on the statute books. i think what will be important for the government is what this does two borisjohnson s relationship with his backbenchers, and does it actually reduce the political space available if any further measures are required to deal with the omicron variant. you can imagine, if the scientists suggest in a couple of days or weeks some more stringent measures are required, and they have already dropped hints that is how they feel, thenit dropped hints that is how they feel, then it may be very difficult for borisjohnson to get then it may be very difficult for boris johnson to get these then it may be very difficult for borisjohnson to get these through without yet again relying on labour votes. that is all totally theoretical. and then it is just what it does to borisjohnson s standing within the party long term, a bit of authority has drained away fr
lovely article in the last few days and he said he was especially struck by alastair is campbell s comment at the first thing you notice when david entered the room was his beaming smile and that many of us, not many of us remembered in politics remember it especially for our smiles. politics remember it especially for oursmiles. he politics remember it especially for our smiles. he concluded which i think it s fair to say, he concluded in the article, when animal sentiments especially on the statute books, with live exports and couple cages on farms are banners in history all of us in the eye animal welfare movement will celebrate and welfare movement will celebrate and we should remember the quiet thank you mister speaker. in this debate, the life of david amess keeps invoking one word above all, kindness. and the fact that the heart rending statement the archbishop wrote that his life showed the true meaning of kindness and this will be the greatest of all tributes to david, or even