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Protect Free Speech in Public: Amend the Public Order Act 1986

Submitted by James Davies on Sunday 24th November 2024

Published on Friday 24th January 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Thursday 24th July 2025

Signatures: 153

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Tagged with

Alarm ~ appears ~ Arrest ~ Caused ~ formal ~ freespeech ~ Officers ~ Personality ~ Police ~ police officer ~ public order act ~ Remove ~ section ~ Spoken ~ The Act ~ The Police ~ Victim

Daily and Total Signatures by Date

Popularity

This petition has 153 signatures in total, with signatories from 124 constituencies. That makes it the 18,165th most popular petition of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 34% (very low) and a Local Issue Rating of 2% (low).

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Notes on geography

Signatures by constituency and region don't necessarily add up to the total number of signatures. That's because the petitions system doesn't validate postcodes, and some people mistype them. And without a valid postcode, a signature cannot be allocated to any particular place.

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