- Labour peer Shami Chakrabarti has urged the UK government to consider banning the far-right group Patriot Platform under anti-terrorism legislation.
- Baroness Chakrabarti warned that the group appears to explicitly incite violence and intimidation, comparing its uniformed members to 1930s blackshirts.
- Led by far-right activist Daniel Thomas, Patriot Platform recently coordinated disruptive anti-migrant protests that blocked roads in Dover and Portsmouth.
- The former civil rights chief argued that inaction against the group risks damaging public trust through perceived double standards following the ban on Palestine Action.
- Proscription under the Terrorism Act 2000 would make it a criminal offence for anyone to join or support the group.
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