[Politics] Charles Walker MP- Pint Of Milk Protest

[Eeyore]

I love random philosophy, and many think of me as eccentric.

But I really need help here. My brain just cannot understand what the Rt.hon gentleman is on about...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUatb4gyjzg

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Clearly mad as a box of frogs.

That said, I suspect he's arguing against the Police bill and the ridiculous power it gives police over protests ..... it's just rather a strange way to voice his opposition.

 

[Brighton Rocker]

He is also very anti the continuation of COVID restrictions yet he is needle phobic so hasn’t had the vaccine!

 

[Thunder Bolt]

It’s not a pint, it’s a litre.

 

[vegster]

Maybe he has Mad Cow Disease?

 

[nicko31]

He's long suffer from OCD and has serious issues with depression and clearly has really struggled with lockdown. Clearly doesn't seem to be in a great place right now

 

[father_and_son]

I don't get what you don't get.


What he is saying is that the latest Police powers are a step too far, and if people choose to protest in an innocuous fashion, that could easily be argued as completely innocent, it will highlight and make a mockery of a stupid bill, badly drafted and over-stepping the bounds of trust.




Perhaps because I have watched Mark Thomas' Serious Organised Criminal more than once I do follow exactly what he is trying to say. When the 2005 Serious and Organised Crime Act came into force (which effectively 'controlled' protests much as this bill does, albeit only in parts of central London) Mark went as far as to get himself into the Guinness Book of Records for having the most protests in one day (20 protests in 20 different locations on 20 different issues... requiring 20 sets of permissions from the Police and a mountain of paperwork) to showcase how stupid the legislation was.


If you are struggling to get why this legislation is so abhorrently wrong, find a 2nd hand DVD or watch an online stream of Mark Thomas' story. It is very funny but also demonstrates very clearly, why Police should not be given (and generally, do not want) over-reaching powers that pit them against law-abiding protesters with a legitimate disagreement with whatever the government of the day is doing.

 

[happypig]

I love random philosophy, and many think of me as eccentric.

But I really need help here. My brain just cannot understand what the Rt.hon gentleman is on about...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUatb4gyjzg

Point of order, he's not a Privy Councillor so not a Right Honourable

 

[n1 gull]

Top man.

Brave libertarian standing alone against Government tyranny.

Sir, I stand with you, with my full fat pint

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

It’s not a pint, it’s a litre.

And it isn't milk. It's homogenised filtered lactose-free milkdrink.

 

[A1X]

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[Greg Bobkin]

I've only semi-skimmed the comments here, but his actions appear udderly ridiculous

 

[GT49er]

It’s not a pint, it’s a litre.

No, we can still buy milk by the pint in this country, thankfully.

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/251314158

 

[Hampster Gull]

Spot on, good speech against an authoritarian government

 

[BNthree]

What he is saying is that the latest Police powers are a step too far, and if people choose to protest in an innocuous fashion, that could easily be argued as completely innocent, it will highlight and make a mockery of a stupid bill, badly drafted and over-stepping the bounds of trust.

Where does the milk come into it?

 

[Pint of Ale and a Burger]

Great speech ,this man can see what's going on.and it gives me a glimmer of hope that there is some in parliament that will still fight for our freedoms and our rights to peaceful protest against increasingly Draconian and authoritarian policies from this government.
Top bloke in my opinion.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Top man.

Brave libertarian standing alone against Government tyranny.

Sir, I stand with you, with my full fat pint

Him and Charles Swayne have been excellent

 

[father_and_son]

Where does the milk come into it?

Because he has just put out, clearly virally on social media because we are talking about it, that walking around with a pint of milk is a way of saying you are protesting something, but the Police cannot use this particular bill to do anything about it because anything they try would be laughed out of court because "it's just a pint of milk".

 

[PeakGull]

https://www.theguardian.com/politic...vers-speech-surreal-even-by-commons-standards

 

[lost in london]

I don't get what you don't get.


What he is saying is that the latest Police powers are a step too far, and if people choose to protest in an innocuous fashion, that could easily be argued as completely innocent, it will highlight and make a mockery of a stupid bill, badly drafted and over-stepping the bounds of trust.




Perhaps because I have watched Mark Thomas' Serious Organised Criminal more than once I do follow exactly what he is trying to say. When the 2005 Serious and Organised Crime Act came into force (which effectively 'controlled' protests much as this bill does, albeit only in parts of central London) Mark went as far as to get himself into the Guinness Book of Records for having the most protests in one day (20 protests in 20 different locations on 20 different issues... requiring 20 sets of permissions from the Police and a mountain of paperwork) to showcase how stupid the legislation was.


If you are struggling to get why this legislation is so abhorrently wrong, find a 2nd hand DVD or watch an online stream of Mark Thomas' story. It is very funny but also demonstrates very clearly, why Police should not be given (and generally, do not want) over-reaching powers that pit them against law-abiding protesters with a legitimate disagreement with whatever the government of the day is doing.

Part of me thinks he's gone too far with his analogy making it non-sensical. But then if he hadn't, I wouldn't have seen it, so I guess he's right to have done what he did.