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Five Just Stop Oil protesters have been jailed for four and five years each for causing huge disruption on the M25 in November 2022.
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They have been jailed under a law of "conspiracy to cause a public nuisance", introduced by the Tories.
Leaving aside that they will only serve 40% of their sentences, do you think the new government will ditch this law? It seems to be doing exactly what it was intended to do. Counsel for the main conspirator, Roger Hallam, told the court that his client had since rejected direct action campaigning due to its limitations and changed his approach to more conventional political campaigning. If that's true, the law seems to have had some effect. But will it go the way of the anti-strike law into Labour's dustbin?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.that's strange, when another group of protesters blocked central London at rush hour, there seem to have been no arrests at all, and no outrage on Answerbank either. I wonder why.
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//Wouldn't a year in prison be more than enough to send a very clear message that these protests come with a high cost for the protestors?//
No, this is effectivley 8.5 years before being spent (I think) so during this period there will be no trips to some countries, higher insurance aon houes/car (if you can get it) and of course little chance of a wonder job.
Of course this criminal record will stay with them for life now.
Back in March a 'pro-Palestine' young woman sprayed and slashed a historic painting of Lord Balfour in Trinity College, University of Cambridge causing thousands of pounds worth of damage
As far as Douglas Murray in The Spectator, (& I) can tell, no prosecution has taken place.
It would appear that the University is too woke to press charges.