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.