Legislate to ban participants wearing face coverings at demonstrations
Government should introduce legislation to make it an offence to attend a demonstration or counter-demonstration wearing face coverings. All participants should be showing their faces, or, be arrested so that they can be identified.
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Legislate to ban participants wearing face coverings at demonstrations
Government should introduce legislation to make it an offence to attend a demonstration or counter-demonstration wearing face coverings. All participants should be showing their faces, or, be arrested so that they can be identified.
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