OPERATION OVERREACH
Ten Threats To Your Rights and The One Solution
Our Human Rights are vital and fundamental to a free and functioning society. Yet they are under threat from the Governments Operation Overreach.
Operation Overreach is the biggest assault on the British people’s freedoms since the first form of Parliament, the Great Counsel, who 807 years ago stepped in to protect us from King John.
But who is going to step in and protect us from Parliament today?
Us, the people.
The Bill of Rights is the biggest attack as it seeks to remove the whole of the Human Rights Act which will leave us with a Bill of Rights that ultimately undermines and weakens any semblance of Human Rights in this nation.
However, it isn’t stopping there. With nine other Bills on their way through the Houses of Parliament, it is clear that Operation Overreach is going all out, to remove as many fundamental, hard won rights from us all. It’s also worth remembering that these changes won’t be temporary, these will be permanent, for this Government to use and abuse, as well as any other future Government.
We have to take action and we have to protect our rights because rights once lost are not easily restored.
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What Are the Ten Threats to My Rights and Why Should I Be Worried?
Bill of Rights
Online Safety Bill
National Security Bill
Schools Bill
Higher Education Bill
Bill of Rights
Every Human Rights advocate is speaking about how this Bill will do nothing but weaken our Human Rights. It seeks to allow the Government to remove all of yours and your families rights whenever it chooses if it can justify it for the “greater good”. This isn’t defined and when matters like this go undefined they are prime for abuse not just by this Government but by future ones too.
Further than that if you were to suffer a Human Rights abuse at the hands of the state they are legislating to make it far harder to take the matter to court and if you do manage to then Parliament will also prescribe to the judges what they can and cannot do.
Online Safety Bill
This Bill purports to be a positive thing because it will make it harder for children to access material like porn. Now while we don’t wish to undermine that aim we have to take close notice of one clause in particular which wishes to prevent “legal but harmful content”.
Again the definition of harm is not clearly outlined and the onus is put on the owners of websites and platforms to determine what could cause harm. For the likes of the big social media platforms that will mean it is in the hands of millennials in Silicon Valley to determine what we, the British people, might be harmed by. Perhaps they will take umbridge with conservative religious values and undoubtedly they will be encouraged to silence anything that speaks out negatively against the Government.
This will lead to huge levels of censorship with no easy route to appeal.
National Security Bill
Journalism is an art that is being lost through click bait headlines, shallow research and a lack of courage. Yet there are some that are shining bright and usually those journalists have to work independently so as to be able to speak the truth freely without censorship from overzealous and controlling editors.
This Bill could see journalists prosecuted for reporting on information provided by sources, including whistleblowers exposing wrongdoing by the Government. This sort of precedent has already been set by the ICO who raided the homes of two suspected whistleblowers who leaked the Matt Hancock affair video. If journalists cannot safely hold the Government to account then how will the public?
This is currently in consultation phase so your letter will be a response to the consultation as well as cc’ing in your MP.
This Bill could see journalists prosecuted for reporting on information provided by sources, including whistleblowers exposing wrongdoing by the Government. This sort of precedent has already been set by the ICO who raided the homes of two suspected whistleblowers who leaked the Matt Hancock affair video. If journalists cannot safely hold the Government to account then how will the public?
This is currently in consultation phase so your letter will be a response to the consultation as well as cc’ing in your MP.
Schools Bill
Our children are our future and most parents want nothing more than the best for their children. However, the Schools Bill will hand over an alarming amount of power to the local authority over our children and give them opportunities to step in and take control of your child.
For example, if your child is being bullied and you decide to keep them off school for a while, their absences could be reported and the local authority could force them back to school, or you would face punishment. Or if you want to home educate your child you will be required to submit a DBS check to prove you are capable of caring for your child that extra 6 hours a day.
This Bill is an assault on our right to a private and family life which is completely unnecessary as there is already legislation in place to protect truly vulnerable children, the vast majority do not need, nor should welcome this interference.
For example, if your child is being bullied and you decide to keep them off school for a while, their absences could be reported and the local authority could force them back to school, or you would face punishment. Or if you want to home educate your child you will be required to submit a DBS check to prove you are capable of caring for your child that extra 6 hours a day.
This Bill is an assault on our right to a private and family life which is completely unnecessary as there is already legislation in place to protect truly vulnerable children, the vast majority do not need, nor should welcome this interference.
Higher Education Bill
This Bill is going to restrict our teenagers right to University Education and make the whole process elitist. Firstly, it will mean that children who do not pass their Maths or English GCSE the first time round, even if they pass it with a 9 a year later, will not be eligible for a student loan to attend university. Also they are closing a lot of foundation year entry points which are a way for students to get onto degrees where they haven’t quite gotten the right A-levels.
Furthermore, the Government is wanting to restrict the numbers of students who attend university as well as what courses they can do. They are proposing to stop funding courses where 60% of graduates won’t be in a “highly skilled” job within 6 months of leaving. Because of these proposals some Universities have already cancelled 22/23 intakes of courses including but not limited to BA English Lit, BA English Lang, BA Human Geography and BA Education Studies.
University will no longer be part of many children’s future.
Furthermore, the Government is wanting to restrict the numbers of students who attend university as well as what courses they can do. They are proposing to stop funding courses where 60% of graduates won’t be in a “highly skilled” job within 6 months of leaving. Because of these proposals some Universities have already cancelled 22/23 intakes of courses including but not limited to BA English Lit, BA English Lang, BA Human Geography and BA Education Studies.
University will no longer be part of many children’s future.
Public Order Bill
Genetic Technology Precision Breeding Bill
Economic Crimes Bill
Boycotts Bill
Brexit Freedoms Bill
Public Order Bill
We saw the Government assault our right to freedom with the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, while trying to enhance it with late amendments which suffered 14 defeats in the House of Lords. The Government are now trying again and are bringing this Bill to restrict the right to protest until it will seem nigh on impossible to do so.
In this Bill there will be extensive stop and search powers, protesting injunctions which will see people being ankle tagged with no need to prove any prior criminality, higher sentences meaning protesters will be risking prison time if they go out and more.
Protesting works, which is why they want to restrict it. We must continue to fight to retain our right to protest.
In this Bill there will be extensive stop and search powers, protesting injunctions which will see people being ankle tagged with no need to prove any prior criminality, higher sentences meaning protesters will be risking prison time if they go out and more.
Protesting works, which is why they want to restrict it. We must continue to fight to retain our right to protest.
Genetic Technology Precision Breeding Bill
The EU had many stringent restrictions on genetic modification of plants and animals, especially when it came to products for consumption. However, as we have now left the EU, the UK Government wants to raise the threshold to a bar that is of high concern by allowing companies to manipulate our food just to maximise their profits.
They also want to remove any labelling to that effect so you won’t be able to confidently buy food in the supermarket and know what you are getting. Was this bread made with British farmed wheat or synthetic factory wheat? Was this chicken for my Sunday lunch the product of natural fertilisation or is it a Frankenstein chicken pumped full of who knows what during the breeding process? If this Bill goes through, we just won’t know.
They also want to remove any labelling to that effect so you won’t be able to confidently buy food in the supermarket and know what you are getting. Was this bread made with British farmed wheat or synthetic factory wheat? Was this chicken for my Sunday lunch the product of natural fertilisation or is it a Frankenstein chicken pumped full of who knows what during the breeding process? If this Bill goes through, we just won’t know.
Economic Crimes Bill
Here in the UK we have what is known as a fiat currency. One centralised currency controlled by the Bank of England. As we know there are six big banks that control and monopolise the market and make an exceptional amount of money by doing so.
Crypto currency is an alternative. A decentralised currency with no control by the Government or big banks. This is obviously not in their interests. This Bill is the first one to legislate that the Government can take control of your Crypto currency. While currently it is in relation to crimes, once started it is going to be a slippery slope attempting to restrict the autonomy and freedom of Crypto entirely.
Crypto currency is an alternative. A decentralised currency with no control by the Government or big banks. This is obviously not in their interests. This Bill is the first one to legislate that the Government can take control of your Crypto currency. While currently it is in relation to crimes, once started it is going to be a slippery slope attempting to restrict the autonomy and freedom of Crypto entirely.
Boycotts Bill
As we all know, there are some companies that behave ethically and others that do not. As consumers and individuals we have the right to choose to boycott certain companies if we choose to. This can be a hugely powerful tool.
The other option is for other businesses to boycott unethical businesses too. Refusing to trade with or fund businesses whose practices fall short of decent moral standards. Obviously if a business boycotts another this carries even more weight than an individual doi
ng so. The Government are now seeking to outlaw this practice and prevent businesses from boycotting one another. This is a huge interference with the rights of business owners to choose who they want to work with and will of course impact small independent businesses, who uphold high ethical standards, the most.
The other option is for other businesses to boycott unethical businesses too. Refusing to trade with or fund businesses whose practices fall short of decent moral standards. Obviously if a business boycotts another this carries even more weight than an individual doi
ng so. The Government are now seeking to outlaw this practice and prevent businesses from boycotting one another. This is a huge interference with the rights of business owners to choose who they want to work with and will of course impact small independent businesses, who uphold high ethical standards, the most.
Brexit Freedoms Bill
As members of the EU some 13% of our laws came directly from there. Some of these were pieces of legislation that we wouldn’t want to get rid of such as maternity and paternity pay, working time directives and banking regulations.
As we have now left the EU, we have to go through the 13% and either make it into full British law or get rid of it. This should be done with due democratic process, with Members of Parliament able to represent their constituents by debating and voting on these pieces of legislation.
Instead, the Government wants to pass the Brexit Freedoms Bill allowing a small group, behind closed doors, to have authority to pick and choose what to keep or not.
This means there would be no accountability, no opportunity for challenges to bad decisions and we could lose some vital legislation without any forewarning. This poses huge risks to us and those pieces of legislation that we would keenly like to retain.
As we have now left the EU, we have to go through the 13% and either make it into full British law or get rid of it. This should be done with due democratic process, with Members of Parliament able to represent their constituents by debating and voting on these pieces of legislation.
Instead, the Government wants to pass the Brexit Freedoms Bill allowing a small group, behind closed doors, to have authority to pick and choose what to keep or not.
This means there would be no accountability, no opportunity for challenges to bad decisions and we could lose some vital legislation without any forewarning. This poses huge risks to us and those pieces of legislation that we would keenly like to retain.
TAKING ACTION
The simple and most effective thing you can do is write to your MP along with all of your family and friends.
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Heat and Eat
Everyone has a right to be able to be warm and fed yet the Government is allowing policies that force people to choose.
Help prevent this suffering by joining our Heat and Eat campaign.
Protect Cash
Cash is under threat. Businesses and shops have increasingly stopped accepting cash while at the same time banks are closing down high street branches and ATMs are being removed.
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