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Keir Starmer must not help the Tories to pass their Anti-Boycott Bill
The Labour leader could use the ‘wash-up’ period in the run-up to the general election to push through anti-democratic legislation to prevent solidarity with Palestine, warns PETER LEARY
Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer speaking in Westminster, London, after a General Election was called for July 4, May 22, 2024
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TODAY the curtain closes on Rishi Sunak’s disastrous Tory government. Ahead of the general election, the government is now busy trying to rush through remaining legislation which will otherwise fall when parliament is dissolved.
To do this, it needs agreement from the opposition front bench to speed up the normal parliamentary process. Keir Starmer must not help the Tories to pass their toxic Anti-Boycott Bill.
The government’s s Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill, better known as the Anti-Boycott Bill, threatens to erode local democracy, restrict freedom of expression and undermine campaigns for social and climate justice.
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