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This is the best summary I could come up with:


Downing Street has accused the BBC presenter Chris Packham of being “irresponsible” after he said Just Stop Oil had a right to protest outside the homes of MPs despite fears over politicians’ safety.

The prime minister said last week that “mob rule” was a threat to the country, as he urged those who had taken part in the series of huge protests across the UK since the outbreak of war in the Middle East not to allow extremists to “hijack” their marches.

He added: “If this is a peaceful, non-violent demonstration then we in the UK – for all the laws that have been radically changed in very recent times – have to preserve that right to protest.

Last summer, Greenpeace activists climbed on to the roof of the prime minister’s constituency home in Yorkshire in protest at his backing for a big expansion of North Sea drilling.

Ministers are considering proposals to limit MPs and councillors from engaging with protest groups and to set up an anti-extremism team within the Levelling Up department.

“We’ve seen examples, whether it is Tobias Ellwood’s home surrounded by protesters, whether it is other MPs’ constituency offices … about the intimidation their families have suffered.


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