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Will Durrant

DARK SECRETS: Gap in law could see young people committing terrorist acts by weekend peer | Rare Historical Photos

Peers have debated the Government’s plan to proscribe the protest group Palestine Action (Jeff Moore/PA) - (PA Wire)

Young people “are going to be committing terrorist acts, probably, by the weekend”, Lord Walney has warned during a debate on the proscription of protest group Palestine Action.

The former independent adviser on political violence and disruption described a “gap in the law”, because the Government cannot proscribe protest groups which are “committing systematic criminality” without using terrorism powers.

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