Harley Wishart
@harleywishart.bsky.social
Democracy | Inequality | Human Rights
Doctoral researcher investigating the chilling effect on protest rights in the UK. I write about this on my Substack. https://feelingthechill.substack.com/
Doctoral researcher investigating the chilling effect on protest rights in the UK. I write about this on my Substack. https://feelingthechill.substack.com/
Repression is said to have created a 'chilling effect' on protest in the UK - but what does that mean?
In this post I examine the 'chilling effect' - as a legal concept and lived reality, because understanding it matters for organising and resistance.
🔗 feelingthechill.substack.com/p/a-chilling...
In this post I examine the 'chilling effect' - as a legal concept and lived reality, because understanding it matters for organising and resistance.
🔗 feelingthechill.substack.com/p/a-chilling...
A 'chilling effect'? What's happening to protest in the UK?
Escalating repression and the growing criminalisation of protest in the UK are widely said to have had a ‘chilling effect’.
feelingthechill.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Repression is said to have created a 'chilling effect' on protest in the UK - but what does that mean?
In this post I examine the 'chilling effect' - as a legal concept and lived reality, because understanding it matters for organising and resistance.
🔗 feelingthechill.substack.com/p/a-chilling...
In this post I examine the 'chilling effect' - as a legal concept and lived reality, because understanding it matters for organising and resistance.
🔗 feelingthechill.substack.com/p/a-chilling...
Hey Bluesky 👋 First post here!
I’m Harley. I'm an activist and researcher in the UK, working on the right to protest at a time when laws, policing powers, and political pressures around dissent are changing fast.
I’m Harley. I'm an activist and researcher in the UK, working on the right to protest at a time when laws, policing powers, and political pressures around dissent are changing fast.
December 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Hey Bluesky 👋 First post here!
I’m Harley. I'm an activist and researcher in the UK, working on the right to protest at a time when laws, policing powers, and political pressures around dissent are changing fast.
I’m Harley. I'm an activist and researcher in the UK, working on the right to protest at a time when laws, policing powers, and political pressures around dissent are changing fast.