Comment on Britain’s High Court says government acted illegally in outlawing protest group Palestine Action
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 4 days agoHonestly. Would you really want the law to work that way.
The result would be a government that is impossible to legally fault. As doing so would be to expensive for the people in power.
But the answer is. No the acts of any MP in parliament are not within thremit of any legal authority other then parliament.
The original reason for this was to prevent each party trying to make the actions of the last gov a crime. It really dose not take long to imagine the harm that would cause,
GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Except it’s the same government, not the previous one that banned it.
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 4 days ago
Yes. As far as making laws they can.
It’s not a good thing. But is why voting and education is so important. Because when it comes to actions in parliament only voting has any authority.
It’s not unique. As we see in the US. Where both houses have to act on many things.
But honestly there is not real answer. Any organisation given the authority to arrest parliament is under the same risk of abuse. As we see with the US FBI. All it means is the corrupt political org. Takes control of that first.
In the US and UK. It is why the right has taken control of the media over the last few decades.
This is also why both main parties have worked so hard to remove the right to protest. The mass is the only control we have.