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Andrea Leadsom dubbed a ‘dishonest authoritarian’ over Steve Bray comments

James Felton said it was "generous" of the Tory MP to fund Steve Bray's legal costs by "libelling him as violent immediately".

Jack Peat by Jack Peat
2022-06-28 16:00
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Andrea Leadsom described police action against Steve Bray as “very welcome” after the campaigner had his amplifiers confiscated outside Parliament Square.

A group of officers swooped on the “Stop Brexit Man” after they said he was protesting too loudly.

Bray was told that under the Police Crime Sentencing and Courts Act, which came into force earlier in the day, he was forbidden from holding a noisy protest within a designated area outside the Houses of Parliament.

The top hat-wearing demonstrator is often seen in the area playing loud music in a protest sometimes coinciding with Prime Minister’s Questions.

In social media footage, Mr Bray, who was surrounded by banners and European Union flags, could be seen struggling with officers and telling them “hands off” as they attempted to take the amplifiers.

An officer could be heard responding: “You’ve already been warned not to turn it on.”

Anti-Brexit/anti-Tory protester Steve Bray’s pair of amplifiers has been seized by police. No arrests. pic.twitter.com/QPOrPQYuWE

— Mikey Smith (@mikeysmith) June 28, 2022

Responding to the police action, Tory MP Andrea Leadsom said:

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“Steve Bray has spent six years screaming abuse through a loudhailer at me and many others as often as he saw us for the ‘crime’ of trying to fulfil the democratic decision of the UK to leave the EU.

“This action by the police to stop his violent protest is very welcome.”

But there is no evidence of Bray ever being violent during his protests, leading to EU professor Steve Peers calling the South Northamptonshire MP a “dishonest authoritarian”.

He's not "violent", you dishonest authoritarian. https://t.co/2LIinCZ6eL

— Steve Peers (@StevePeers) June 28, 2022

James Felton said it was “generous” of her to fund Bray’s legal costs by “libelling him as violent immediately”, while others reaffirmed he had never been violent in the past.

He has never used violence and if he sues you for that claim he'll muster plenty of financial backing from people that still believe in democracy and the right to protest. You'll delete your tweet if you've got any sense.

— CitiZenSane, Unseat Blue No Matter Who 💙😷🇺🇦 (@Citi_ZenSane) June 28, 2022

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