UK civil libs group (formerly the Manifesto Club). Taking on the busybody state in public spaces and private life. https://teapawt.org/t.co/EbKZKxn4kT
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Campaign for Freedom in Everyday Life retweeted
Nehanda hasn’t busked in Birmingham since the ban came in a year ago.
‘Stop putting rules down, rules and regulations against things that are human’
Campaign for Freedom in Everyday Life retweeted
The 'banter ban' (Clause 20 of the Employment Rights Act 2025) came into force today. This is another blow to free speech in the UK. (As @toadmeister explains below in a piece for @ConHome) @PiPsOrgUK @SheffieldPiP @PhilosophyPubs @StudentAFAF @postgradafaf @Togetherdec @acadofideas @FreedomIEL
conservativehome.com/2025/05…
Campaign for Freedom in Everyday Life retweeted
For those of you who thought the visit from a Bedford Borough Council official to investigate our daughter Zoe’s (age 12) pretend teddy bear cafe was too ridiculous to be real, here is the arrival of official. This is totally legit. She really did show up at our property to investigate the illegal teddy bears having their coffee🧸🧸☕️☕️
Campaign for Freedom in Everyday Life retweeted
A few of us in Lords argued against this useless law & its bleedin' obvious consequences. Labour accused us of being cavailier about public safety/terrorism. But bureacratic rules re security staff etc always were a distraction from real causes of eg jihadi attacks such as Manchester Arena bombing. Grrr
Campaign for Freedom in Everyday Life retweeted
The Milton Keynes car cruise – which goes back decades – has gone from an event involving hundreds of people every Sunday evening, to often fewer than 40, as people have stayed away due to fear of receiving fines.
Campaign for Freedom in Everyday Life retweeted
Rod Liddle was a hero for the common person.
Many a council monkey regretted taking him on.
A true journalist.
Campaign for Freedom in Everyday Life retweeted
These ‘pay per fine’ schemes that incentivise punishing innocent people for the most trivial, arbitary misdemeanors, are SUCH A SCAM. Councils outsource dirty work to private enforcement companies. Frustrating as parliament actually scrapped this practice, but councils still turn a blind eye. Why? As done under label of fighting anti-social behaviour, LAs pretend they're tackling a serious problem, when really just clocking up spiralling numbers of fines. If Andy Burnham wants localism to work, he'll need to get rid of such dodgy deals that often amount to officially sanctioned harrasment. Recommend we all support @_cafel to get this maximum publicity.
Campaign for Freedom in Everyday Life retweeted
The stuff about suspending IP addresses and domain names (schedule 18) is interesting. Recipients of orders must not disclose them. How long before "disinformation" becomes grounds for suspension? And won't non-UK registries just ignore orders?
Campaign for Freedom in Everyday Life retweeted
One in five councils are cracking down on shouting in public, in a range of bizarre new laws that target normal human behaviour
"Enfield banned staring and whistling. Another one banned 'lingering aimlessly without obvious reason'!"
@TVKev @_cafel
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The government inexplicably refused to ban councils using private companies to fine for profit. An increase in fines doesn’t mean that anti-social behaviour is being tackled – it can be a cowboy enforcement that does zilch to tackle serious ASB, but punishes the public for trivial offences (see @_cafel's new report). I supported the Lib-Dem compromise, and at least we won a vote on that.
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Residents are more likely to be fined for petty offences by councils that employ “busybody” private wardens, research has found @JosieAppleton6 @CampaignForFre1 @_cafel @DannyShawNews @PoliceInspForum telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04…
Campaign for Freedom in Everyday Life retweeted
freedomineverydaylife.substa… "Third defeat in row for government on 'busybody' fines"
"Last night peers inflicted the third defeat in a row on the government, as they supported the latest in a series of amendments to stop the corrupt habit of private companies issuing penalties on commission.
Shockingly, Labour was the only party who opposed the amendments, inexplicably defending an enforcement industry that is paid per fine - and punishes people for everyday actions in order to meet its target" "This comes as our most recent report revealed that penalties for ‘busybody’ penalties are at an all-time high, with over 25,000 fines issued in 2025 for actions such as feeding the birds, standing in groups, begging, loitering, or busking".
Fines are about to rise substantially from £100 to £500 per "offence". @_cafel
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Victory on "busybody fines" in the House of Lords, with an amendment from @_cafel
academyofideas.uk/p/victory-… There is a link to a model letter freedomineverydaylife.org/pl… to send to your MP, urging him or her to support the Lords' amendment. Thank you!
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We all know what misery anti-social behaviour can cause in communities. But, along with Josie Appleton and all at Campaign for Freedom for Everyday Life @_cafel (formerly Manifesto Club), I'm very wary of the government's solution: creating even more draconian state powers like Respect Orders. These use a lower civil standard of proof, but punish with criminal sanctions. Oh and there's NO appeal, and they can be indefinite. The minister's only response was that it's 'in our manifesto'...
Campaign for Freedom in Everyday Life retweeted
🚫 Leicester City Council blocked local campaigner Michael Barker from running a political campaign stall in the city centre — even at 5am! — using a Public Spaces Protection Order.
This isn’t regulation. It’s censorship.
The council shouldn't get to decide who gets heard in Leicester.
@Leicester_News
#FreeSpeech #Democracy #Leicester
freedomineverydaylife.org/le…
Campaign for Freedom in Everyday Life retweeted
The always excellent Manifesto Club has changed its name to the Campaign for Freedom in Everyday Life. Follow here:
freedomineverydaylife.org @CFreedomEL
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The "Manifesto Club" has become the "Campaign for Freedom in Everyday Life" @CFreedomEL Same objectives as before, just a better name which reflects what the campaign actually does fighting PSPOs, ASBOs and similar. Thank you Josie Appleton freedomineverydaylife.org/ga…
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The Manifesto Club have recently published a report "How councils are controlling access to the public square", which looks at how street stalls are regulated by local councils.
manifestoclub.info/gatekeepe…
Campaign for Freedom in Everyday Life retweeted
All fines not produced by conviction in a court of law are a breach of the Bill of Rights articles 2 & 11. As such not only are they void and unlawful but every attempt to enforce them is a serious crime.
Campaign for Freedom in Everyday Life retweeted
Cutting jury trials will undermine free speech.
The Deputy Prime Minister’s plans are the biggest assault on our liberties in 800 years.
Research by the Free Speech Union shows that defendants who justify their actions on free-speech grounds are almost twice as likely to be found not guilty in a crown court than in magistrates’ courts.
General Secretary of @SpeechUnion, Lord Young stated: “Trial by jury is a bulwark of British liberty and if people charged with speech offences are denied that right, they’re more likely to be convicted.”
The Free Speech Union will be campaigning against Lammy’s plans.
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