David Davis: “The right to demonstrate includes the right to disrupt”
The former Brexit secretary on Britain’s authoritarian turn and why the UK will never leave the European Convention on Human Rights.
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The former Brexit secretary on Britain’s authoritarian turn and why the UK will never leave the European Convention on Human Rights.
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