Sir Charles Walker - British MP - November 4th, 2020

Amazing Speech by British MP - Sir Charles Walker in front of Parliment. November 4th, 2020.

"It is lovely to see you in the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker.

Our freedoms are like the air we breathe. They are fundamental to us as a nation and to who we are as its people. Yet once again we stand on the threshold of using the rule of law to undermine the rule of law, the foundations of which have been laid over centuries. We are not asking our constituents to do anything. We have never asked; we have coerced them. We have coerced them through criminal and civil law. Let us not use the word “ask”, because it is not an accurate description of what we have done. We have criminalised freedom of association, the freedom to go about one’s business, the freedom to travel—and the freedom to protest. The freedom to protest is the oxygen of democracy. This hurts my head and it hurts my heart....."

See the full text - here: https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2020-11-04e.356.0