The following extracts from Henry Brooke's spesch in the House of Commons, moving the s d reading of the Public Order Bill, show the vory reactionary views held that great 'defender' of democracy:
",e.eThe public want peace in the strestea and the squares, I mean to seo that they get it, They are sick and tired of the antics of Fascists, Comminists, the self-styled Committee of 100 and all other extremists,..And one day a prosecu tion for sedition may very well be brought, I most strongly hold the view that one way to atop disorder is for a court to be able to impose an exemplary sentence and then the deterrent does its work, We must preserve public order, froe speech and froe assembly against infring~ ement by thugs, fools and fanatics,"
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