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Andrea Leadsom said it was ‘violent’ to protest with a loudhailer – 13 comebacks worth shouting about

You might have seen by now that Steve Bray – AKA the man who shouts about stopping Brexit near Parliament – has had his equipment seized by police as part of controversial new protest laws.

Bray, the activist known as Stop Brexit Man, had his sound system seized by Met officers and now faces prosecution under the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act.

Here’s what happened (and what Labour MP Chris Bryant made of it all).

And this is the man himself, interviewed on BBC News.

We mention all this because Andrea Leadsom, Conservative MP and erstwhile Tory leader hopeful, described Bray’s entirely peaceful protest as ‘violent’.

And these 13 responses are definitely worth shouting about.

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We’re with Chris Bryant.

Only one question remained …

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