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So, this isn't particularly difficult to investigate.
The Criminal Justice Bill has already passed the committee stage, see here:
https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3511
Amendments of the sort the Lib Dems tabled here are outside the scope of the bill, as described. See New Clause 91, just below division 152 here:
https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2024-05-15/debates/70FB3786-C2A3-4CFE-90EA-CC2CB5AE5CCE/CriminalJusticeBill#division-51075
Unlike the USA, tacking unrelated stuff on to bills is not how our system works, especially at the final reading, which is why loads of members abstained (all of Labour, all of the SNP, even 6/15 Lib Dems, etc).
Now, do I want it to be a criminal offence to pump literal shit in to our drinking water? Of course I do, fuck the bastards.
But please don't let yourself be tricked by this political gamesmanship.
I'd say The Canary should know better, but this sort of thing is why they are an absolute joke.
Edit: added link to clause and fixed typos
Y'know, I understand why the Canary publish this kind of misinformation. Their whole business model is based on inciting directionless outrage. What I can't understand is why people, like everyone else in this thread, keep falling for it.
My current theory is they purposefully try to cause splits in the left. There's no other reasoning for them to continue to be this bad after very nearly a decade of continually publishing utter tosh.
Yes, it's like some sort of horseshoe theory of spin. The Tories say Starmer breaks all his pledges and some people on the left reply, 'Yes, Tories! Please tell me more!' As though that's... helping?
Parliament has exclusive cognisance, it works how the members want it to work.
Yes, and the members overwhelming rejected the attempt to add unrelated clauses to a bill in the final stages, thus keeping with convention.
The LibDems knew this would be the case, so it's cheap posturing and point scoring aimed at people who don't understand how the house operates.