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To: The Government
Fight the Law Commission plan to gag whistle blowers and the press
To reject the proposals of the Law Commission to introduce draconian prison sentences for whistle blowers and to act in a more measured and less hysterical way as part of the the overhaul of existing secrecy laws.
Why is this important?
It is threat to democracy and the suggestions being made by the Law Commission are more in keeping with a dictatorship than a democratic country. This could stop us ever knowing about the details of deals negotiated for Brexit; police surveillance methods of legitimate protestors; the truth about underfunding of the NHS. In fact anything an unscrupulous government doesn't want the public to know about.
