The new laws, in England and Wales, will allow officers “where police believe criminality is likely to occur” to arrest any protester who ignores an order to remove a mask.
Gee, I wonder which protests will escape this ban 
Protesters will no longer be able to cite the right to protest as a reasonable excuse to get away with disruptive offences, such as blocking roads
Tell me whaur he’s been, lad,
and why has he been there?
They’ve had him in the prison
for preaching in the Square,
For Johnny held a finger at all
the ills he saw,
He was right side o’ the people,
but he was wrong side o’ the law
Hmmm, and they wonder why getting called out as a bunch of hypocritical cunts?
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