Suella Braverman Calls for New Laws to Combat Extremism on UK Streets

The former Home Secretary advocates for legislative changes to empower ministers to ban protests, aiming to address mass extremism and protect public order.

• Suella Braverman, the former Home Secretary, has proposed a four-point plan to tackle mass extremism in the UK, including giving ministers the power to ban protests.
• Braverman criticizes the police for insufficient action against pro-Palestinian marches, labeling them as 'hateful' and a display of 'vicious bigotry'.
• The proposed changes include making it easier to prosecute expressions of support for terrorism and anti-Semitic chants, as well as proscribing groups of 'extremist concern'.
• Braverman's proposals go beyond the government's expected new protest laws, which include jailing protesters who desecrate war memorials and banning masks and fireworks at demonstrations.
• The call for legislative reform comes in the wake of regular, large-scale pro-Palestinian protests in the UK, which Braverman and others have condemned for certain chants and slogans.

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