As the Tories push for a law to restrict protests, the minister of repression says that protesters are "hijacked" what she thought was supposed to be much less.

Bogus Johnson promised the protesters one part of their demand. Whether a promise from him means anything is a good question. But the right to protest, itself, is more important than any of the causes people protest for.

If some of the protesters stood too close together, the proper action by the state would have been to insist that they they protect each other by keeping distance — not to stop them from protesting.