(30 Jan 2015, 10:29 am)MrFozz wrote Not sure how seriously I should take a tabloid...But The Greens have said Brits wanting to join IS and Al-Qaeda will be legalised...
Theres hope for the FPF can become fully legit...
Seriously, if true, I think that is quite disturbing
They will also abolish the monarchy and move the queen into a council house...Sure Gentoo could provide the old girl a nice little pad in Pennywell
Aye, think you need to look into what a tabloid publishes in a little bit more detail.
Green Party policy states 'it should not be a crime simply to belong to an organisation or have sympathy with its aims, though it should be a crime to aid and abet criminal acts or deliberately fund such acts'.That's from the Daily Mail. The headline gives a totally different impression, when you read the full article...
On BBC1's Sunday Politics Miss Bennett was challenged about the policy and whether that would make it legal for people living in Britain to join brutal terrorist groups such as ISIS.
She said: 'This is a part of our policy that I think dates back to the age of the ANC and apartheid South Africa.'
Pressed on whether that meant it would be allowed to be a member of Al Qaeda or IS, she said: 'Exactly. What we want to do is make sure we are not punishing people for what they think or what they believe.
'Obviously actions of inciting violence, supporting violence, those are absolutely unacceptable, illegal and should be pursued to the full extent of the law.'
She added: 'What we are talking about is a principle that you shouldn't be punished for what you think. And we need to balance, we do not protect freedom by destroying it.'