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greentricky

WTF

Boris Johnson has infuriated the home secretary by overruling attempts to make public sexual harassment a crime. This has prompted concern at the Home Office that the prime minister views the issue as mere “wolf whistling”, rather than the aggressive targeting of women and girls going about their daily lives.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/09/priti-patel-johnson-blocks-public-sexual-harassment-law-home-office-pm-offence

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mespilus in reply to @greentricky

Johnson clearly saw this as a power move from Patel: Johnson has enough 'previous' to be the first person convicted under Patel's proposed legislation.

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