{"id":16583,"date":"2026-05-05T03:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T03:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daizygedeon.com\/news-blogs-and-cultures\/2026\/05\/05\/uk-minister-faces-backlash-over-double-standards-on-protest-bans\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T13:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:17:10","slug":"uk-minister-faces-backlash-over-double-standards-on-protest-bans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daizygedeon.com\/news-blogs-and-cultures\/2026\/05\/05\/uk-minister-faces-backlash-over-double-standards-on-protest-bans\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cUK Minister Faces Backlash Over \u2018Double Standards\u2019 on Protest Bans\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DX8H4I6SlDL\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DX8H4I6SlDL\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Daizy Gedeon (@daizygedeon)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap is-cnvs-dropcap-bordered\">LBC presenter Lewis Goodall just took UK Minister Helen Whately to school in an interview that is going viral for all the right reasons. When Whately attempted to justify the government\u2019s push to ban pro-Palestine marches under the guise of public order, Goodall cornered her with a simple question that exposed the entire double standard: \u201cWould you ban Tommy Robinson?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The silence was deafening. While the government moves to criminalize peaceful protesters calling for a ceasefire, they seem perfectly comfortable with far-right, fascist rallies taking over British streets.<\/p>\n<p>This is what happens when \u201c\u201dlaw and order\u201d\u201d is used as a weapon against justice. You cannot claim to protect British values while you\u2019re picking and choosing who gets to have a voice based on their politics.<\/p>\n<p>SHAME ON THE DOUBLE STANDARDS! DEFEND THE RIGHT TO PROTEST!<\/p>\n<p>Source: @middleeasteye <\/p>\n<p>#freepalestine #gaza #humanrights #tommyrobinson #lbcnews<\/p>\n<p>English Script:<br \/>\nHelen Whately: They&#8217;re not just peaceful protests, they are truly hate marches calling for the end of Israel. <\/p>\n<p>Lewis Goodall: You&#8217;re saying that all the people on there are conducting hate? <\/p>\n<p>Helen Whately: I think what you see, if you see those marches\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Lewis Goodall: Yeah, I&#8217;ve been, I&#8217;ve reported from them. I mean, you&#8217;re saying these marches should be banned?<\/p>\n<p>Helen Whately: Yeah, so and marches in their own right are a process of radicalization being involved in them. Of course, I&#8217;m not talking about every single person, but you have to overall look at the thing that is happening here. And we have to say\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Lewis Goodall: Marches are a process of radicalisation? <\/p>\n<p>Helen Whately: That is one of the things that can happen in a march, that is what is going on in our country. And we have to say this is not all right.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis Goodall: Would you be happy with, say, Tommy Robinson&#8217;s marches, which included Elon Musk calling for the overthrow of our government? You&#8217;re happy for that to go ahead? <\/p>\n<p>Helen Whately: I don\u2019t believe that Tommy Robinson here is talking about wanting to get rid of Israel, and eradicate the Jewish people. <\/p>\n<p>Lewis Goodall: No, but he has, no. But that multiple demonstrations not just his but including Britain First rallies, for example, we&#8217;ve seen crowds chanting things like \u201cAllah is a pedophile\u201d, \u201cMuslim bombers off our streets\u201d, signs reading Stop Islam, Ban Islam or framing Islam as inherently violent or incompatible with Britain. Lots of Muslims would see that and think that threatens me, should they be banned? <\/p>\n<p>Helen Whately: So I want a tolerant society, and I want people to be able to freely protest and express their views. But what I don&#8217;t want is a situation where we start tolerating events which are basically calling for the eradication of the eradication of the Jewish population.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis Goodall: They\u2019re calling for Muslims to be left, that is, to be deported from Britain. Not everyone clearly at those marches forward for Gaza and Palestine would be racist. Clearly they wouldn&#8217;t be. But you&#8217;re saying that some of the people there are racist and are calling for a violent, appalling things. So on the basis of that logic, you would ban Tommy Robinson&#8217;s rally because some of the people, not all the people are racist and calling for appalling things, but some people are.<\/p>\n<p>Helen Whately: I&#8217;ve explained my position. It feels like\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Lewis Goodall: I don\u2019t understand it. <\/p>\n<p>Helen Whately: It feels like we&#8217;re going round and round in circles, so I don&#8217;t see the benefit in going on as to one thing.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis Goodall: I am just wondering  what consistency is. That&#8217;s all. <\/p>\n<p>Helen Whately:It is consistent and\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Lewis Goodall: Two calls for violence against two different groups. One\u2019s bad, one\u2019s okay. <\/p>\n<p>Helen Whately: Calling for a death to, you know, a group of people that is not okay.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis Goodall: Ban Islam. Ban Islam. So ban Muslims basically. How is that not really dangerous to group of people when you&#8217;re saying ban Islam, ban Muslim from this country.<\/p>\n<p>Helen Whately: I&#8217;m saying calling for the death of a whole, you know, of people, of the Jewish people. 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