Angus Davison<p>By failing to repeal draconian anti-protest laws Labour in the UK is priming the country for authoritarianism, by normalising a far right legal framework. Opinion by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>georgemonbiot.bsky.social</span></a></span> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global/commentisfree/2025/feb/22/keir-starmer-labour-illiberal-laws-hard-right-authoritarians" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/global/comment</span><span class="invisible">isfree/2025/feb/22/keir-starmer-labour-illiberal-laws-hard-right-authoritarians</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labour</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/monbiot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monbiot</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/GeorgeMonbiot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeMonbiot</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>starmer</span></a></p>