i know i always do this...politics again...these new proposed laws...

[Heathcliffscathy]

i know that it feels awful to have been bombed and then for some imams/muslim figures to have said awful things about it being justified etc etc

but

we already have laws protecting against incitement to racial hatred.

why do we need laws that make 'glorification of terrorism' illegal? that could mean anything tbh.

how can we justify deporting people to countries where they will be subject to torture? (for saying things???)

how can we as a society that is proud of a democracy do this?

these laws will not stop any further attacks. but they attack the very democracy that we are trying to defend...don't they???

if you put the ability to strip citizens that are naturalised of their nationality on the statute, that is such a dangerous thing. and it could be me, as I am naturalised, but i've lived here all my life and consider myself british.

I think it was also pointed out that Cherie Blair/Booth has made comments which might be construed as empathy with the concept of suicide bombing...

Perhaps he's just looking to get rid of her then!

This sounds completely barmy. Laws shouldn't be passed to deal with particular individuals, that's just so deeply wrong.

Anyway, given recent experience (the law they passed to try to get rid of that protester outside the House of Commons), it no doubt wouldn't work, anyway.

Why is he responding to terrorism by trying to make talking about terrorism illegal? Gah.

NQC's last line is a great, pithy summary of the problems with these proposals. Wish I'd written it!