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So far, so good, as the block of Labour and Liberal Democrat Peers, plus four dozen or so Crossbenchers, are solidly defeating the Government on its so-called “reforms” relating to the right to protest, amongst other things.

But first, Baroness Newlove’s amendment, including misogyny in hate crime law has been passed, as Baroness Meral Hussein-Ece celebrated;

Really pleased we won. #Misogyny https://t.co/RSZOO7UFRN pic.twitter.com/Nrb324yIuV

— Baroness Hussein-Ece (@meralhece) January 17, 2022

A duty of candour for the police has been added to the Bill as well;

🚨NEW: A joint Lib Dem/Lab amendment to establish a duty of candour on members of the police workforce has passed in the Lords. This was a key recommendation of the review into murder of Daniel Morgan and will be important to the inquiry into the death of Sarah Everard #PCSCBill

— Lib Dem Lords (@LibDemLords) January 17, 2022

Moving on to the draconian limits on protest tacked onto this Bill by the Government, the amendment by Lord Brian Paddick, removing the proposed right for the police to ban or restrict …