Authoritarianism..?

Palestine Action protesters arrested by police at London demo

The Metropolitan Police said the number of arrests was the largest made by the force on a single day in the last decade.

BBC NewsEmma Rossiter and Adam HaleBBC NewsFrankie McCamleyreporting from Parliament Square

"(Yvette Cooper) defended the banning of Palestine Action, which she said was based on 'strong security advice following serious attacks the group has committed' as well as 'plans and ideas for further attacks, the details of which cannot yet be publicly reported due to ongoing legal proceedings'."

Well, based on evidence so far, it looks like authoritarianism and smells like authoritarianism. And considering the number of times the security services have gotten things wrong over the years, I'm somewhat doubtful there's any information that can't be reported at a high level, where it would actually effect legal proceedings. Investigations in progress, maybe. But legal proceedings...? It just sounds like excuses for extreme government overreach. Let's see when these details are published... assuming they ever are.