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In the seven days since the dreadful attack at a Taylor Swift themed dance class in Southport, the UK has been subjected to multiple violent protests and riots. These riots have resulted in over 250 arrests, with over 110 arrests in London alone. It is likely we will see significantly more arrests once those inciting violence online have been identified, as well additional perpetrators that are identifiable once CCTV, body worn camera, and social media video footage have been analysed.
These mark the greatest period of civil unrest experienced in the UK in recent history, with the sheer volume, nature, and dispersal of violent events within a condensed period of time making management by the authorities incredibly difficult. Furthermore, there is no sign to indicate an end the hostilities, just as there is no indication to show when the next events will occur. This is largely due to the decentralised and independent nature of these events, each event occurring through local groups rather than having any consistent national direction or association with a specific organisation/entity. Whilst there are a number of organisations that are linked to the events that are occurring, the organic nature of the demonstrations over the past week have been a defining factor.
Following on from demonstrations and riots in Aldershot, Hartlepool, London, Manchester, Southend, and Southport, this weekend saw a further 56 gatherings (either violent or peaceful), including violent incidents in Belfast, Blackpool, Bolton, Bristol, Hull, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Middlesbrough, Rotherham, Stoke-on-Trent, Tamworth, and Weymouth. These incidents resulted in assaults on both police officers and bystanders, missiles thrown, shops being ransacked, flaming bins being rolled/thrown at police, and arson attacks on hotels believed to be housing asylum seekers.
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Update on the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Draft Bill, also known as ‘Martyn’s Law’.
The House of Commons Home Affairs Committee (HAC) has published its review of the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Draft Bill. Within its report the HAC welcomed the Government’s intention behind the Draft Bill, however, expressed serious concerns about the proportionality of the Bill, especially in relation to the impact on smaller businesses and voluntary/community-run organisations that would qualify as a standard tier premises. The HAC state that there is a lack of evidence that the Bill will adequately reduce the threat from terrorism for smaller organisations.
HAC raised other concerns regarding the unfinished provisions in the Draft Bill, the lack of clarity around the purpose of the Bill, the regulator and some of the duties required. The HAC commented that the Draft Bill could be improved upon, including introducing a provision for mandatory life-saving training and statutory standards for the design of new buildings.
The HAC stressed that it was unclear on the estimated costs quoted by the Home Office on standard and enhanced tier premises, stating that the costs would be disproportionate to the level of threat, particularly for small and medium-sized premises captured in the standard tier. The HAC requested that the Home Office should publish the criteria used to calculate the estimated costs for qualifying premises to help them and Parliament understand them better.
