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CSM EDITORIAL

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has a bit of easy work to do. Proscribing Animal Rising would be popular and in the national interest. This is a group of activists in the same mould as Just Stop Oil or Extinction Rebellion but they have shown they are willing to use fear to terrorise targets.

Just look at what Animal Rising cadres have been up to of late. Their ideological goals are designed in such a way as to undermine UK food security and to end vital dairy supplies. They risk human life, as we have seen recently in the group’s attempts to disrupt horse racing. These animal rights extremists have been:

Stealing lambs from the King’s Sandringham Estate:

Occupying a dairy farm where staff were left terrified by their break-in:

Risking horse and human lives disrupting the Grand National:

Disrupting the Epsom Derby:

In a sinister warning, an Animal Rising spokesman openly pledged a summer of CHAOS following the group’s Grand National protests:

Shockingly, a BBC Presenter, Chris Packham, was secretly recorded offering supportive words on a private Zoom call:

And the same presenter features in the organisation’s flyers for that Zoom call:

More support from the presenter on Twitter:

In the United Kingdom, the process for proscribing terrorist groups is governed by the Terrorism Act 2000. Proscription refers to the formal designation of an organisation as a terrorist group, making it a criminal offence to support, fund, or be a member of that group. Animal Rising fits the bill. What happens next?

Here’s an overview of the requirements and process:

Decision by the Home Secretary: The Home Secretary has the authority to proscribe a terrorist group in the UK. They may consider various factors, such as the group’s activities, ideology, involvement in terrorism, and threat to national security.
Evidence and assessment: The Home Office, working closely with intelligence agencies and law enforcement, gathers evidence to support the decision. The evidence may include intelligence reports, investigations, and assessments of the group’s activities and intentions.
Statutory criteria: The Home Secretary must have reasonable grounds to believe that the organization is involved in terrorism as defined by the Terrorism Act 2000. The Act defines terrorism as acts or threats of violence for political, religious, or ideological purposes, and includes actions that may seriously disrupt an electronic system.
Parliamentary approval: Once the Home Secretary decides to proscribe a group, they present the case to Parliament. The decision requires parliamentary approval before it becomes legally binding.
Proscribed organisation list: If approved, the organisation is added to the list of proscribed groups maintained by the Home Office. This list is publicly accessible and regularly updated.
Consequences of proscription: Once a group is proscribed, it becomes a criminal offense to support, fund, or be a member of that organisation. It is illegal to wear clothing or carry articles in public that arouse reasonable suspicion of supporting the proscribed group. Financial institutions freeze assets linked to the group, and law enforcement agencies can take actions to disrupt its activities.

Over to you, Suella.

And while you are at it, Home Secretary, ask yourself whether the sight of balaclava’d hunt sabs down country lanes and trespassing on private land, some of whom are happy to scare innocent children who are out enjoying a horse ride, is an acceptable sight in 2023. Go ahead and proscribe those loons too while you’re at it – they have long merited proscribing, for both their online and offline terrorism.

Update: Great start, Suella!