Didn’t the arms companies heavily push for this and the government capitulated?
They were duplicitous in bringing it to parliament as well, by tying up the proscription with two legitimate groups.
I contacted my MP about it and he gave a bullshit response about not feeling capable of voting against the motion because of the two legitimate groups.
So in future, if you want to ban any group, just make sure you slap a legitimate group onto the motion as well. It doesn’t matter whether the illegitimate group is innocent or not, it’s apparently impossible for opposition to call out the duplicitous tactics and refuse to vote for the motion until it’s been amended to remove the illegitimate group…
I have since informed my MP that I have left his party because of his actions
