Labour donor calls for review as Southport rioter is jailed for less time than Just Stop Oil protester

Labour donor calls for review as Southport rioter is jailed for less time than Just Stop Oil protester

‘Two-tier policing’ claims are nonsense, but government is guilty of ‘two-tier sentencing’, says green energy boss Dale Vince

A Labour donor has called on the government to review a sentencing regime that led to a climate protester being given a longer prison sentence than a Southport rioter who punched a police officer in the face, as he derided what he called “two-tier sentencing”.

Dale Vince, the green energy entrepreneur who has given millions of pounds to Labour, said it was “absurd” that a Just Stop Oil protester received a five-year prison sentence for their role in conspiring to cause gridlock on the M25 while a man pleading guilty to violent disorder received a significantly shorter sentence.

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