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How Keir Starmer Paved the Way for the Tories' Protest Crackdown Nadine El-Enany: It's a victory, but hardly justice: the Metropolitan police have apologised and agreed to pay a six-figure settlement to Alfie Meadows. Meadows was a 20-year-old philosophy student at Middlesex University when a police officer hit him on the head with a baton at a protest against the tripling of tuition fees in December 2010, after which he needed life-saving brain surgery. Shamefully, it has taken a decade to settle his claim for damages, which he brought against the Met in 2013 and included aggravated and exemplary damages for assault, battery, false imprisonment, and human rights breaches. The anti-fees student protests of 2010 marked a resurgence in the use of criminal offences against protesters. Meadows himself was charged with – and acquitted of – violent disorder, which carries a maximum sentence of five years imprisonment. Along with many other students and young people at the time, he found himself in court after attending a protest.   CONTINUE READING ➡︎ Picks of the week... RED FLAGS My Friend Thinks I Want to Steal Her Baby by Sophie K Rosa In the first instalment of Novara Media's new advice column, Red Flags, Sophie K Rosa advises the frustrated friend of a new mother. Read more... OPINION Are Actual Leftwing Parties About to Give Labour a Run for Its Money? by Michael Chessum Until recently, electoral alternatives to Labour seemed doomed, writes Michael Chessum. But with a host of political parties and independent candidates sweeping up the leftists Starmer has alienated, could this finally be changing? Read more... READ MORE ON NOVARAMEDIA.COM ➡︎ We're putting plans in place for 2024. Are you with us? Help us smash our target and become a supporter today from just £1 per month.  Copyright © 2022 Thousand Hands Ltd. All rights reserved. Thousand Hands Ltd is a private company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales #11245029. Its registered address is 10 Bridge Street, Christchurch, BH23 1EF. Novara Media is a trading name of Thousand Hands Ltd and, as such, the individual shall have no personal liability arising out of such communication, and liability or obligation rests solely with Novara Media. Opinions or advice contained in this email are subject to the terms and conditions set out in the relevant terms of business and are not necessarily agreed or authorised by Thousand Hands Ltd. We have taken all reasonable precautions to ensure that no viruses are transmitted from Novara Media to any third party. Novara Media accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage resulting directly or indirectly from the use of this email or the contents. Novara Media is regulated by IMPRESS, the independent press regulator.

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