‘You need protests’: Swampy criticises plan to jail those who occupy tunnels

Longstanding protester asks if UK is heading towards dictatorship' as Home Office updates public order bill

Swampy, the UK's most famous tunnel protester, has criticised plans to beef up the penalties for tunnelling protests, after Priti Patel announced those using the guerrilla protest tactic" could face up to three years in jail.

An amendment to the recently published public order bill will create a new offence of causing serious disruption by creating and occupying tunnels, while going equipped to create protest tunnels will also be criminalised.