XR protest bill Abingdon protest TWO demonstrations took place in Oxfordshire yesterday against a ‘grossly authoritarian’ bill that MPs will debate today. The Government has unveiled plans to hand the police more powers to tackle and disperse protests as part of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (PCSC), which many have warned is an ‘attack on our democracy’. Members of a number of environmental and social justice groups in the county came together in Abingdon to protest against the bill. Abingdon resident Jenny Hirst commented: “This bill is hugely concerning because it would completely undermine the right to protest peacefully.
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