Lord Walney believes that the trans activists in Bash Back “deserve more serious attention”, and perhaps should be banned.

This follows the activist group’s publication of guidance on how to arm oneself and carry out repeated unlawful attacks on Members of Parliament who do not fully support its gender ideology.

The government should therefore consider banning the militant trans activist group that has targeted parliamentarians’ offices, according to the government’s former adviser on political violence, Lord Walney, writes The Times.

Walney is affiliated with Labour, but has also served under the Tory Party.

In an article in The Times, Lord Walney stated that the conduct of the group Bash Back “deserves far greater attention than it has received so far”, and that ministers should assess it according to the same criteria that led to the banning of Palestine Action.

The Times has previously revealed that the group Bash Back had drawn up guidance in which it urged members to arm themselves and carry out repeated unlawful attacks on Members of Parliament and organisations. Threats from Bash Back prompted the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to move offices, according to its chair, Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson.

“We have had to move from our premises near Vauxhall [in South London] to other premises because of an attack on the building – vandalism – carried out by a group that had also vandalised conferences and Wes Streeting’s office.”

This is how Bash Back recruits its followers, preferably people willing to use serious violence.

Bash Back asks activists to form “independent local cells”, “identify a target” – including politicians, organisations and party conferences – and “ensure that the target can be struck repeatedly until they desist” from their “transphobic” activities.

They thus intend to advance their aims by threatening serious violence. This may perhaps be an example of what Professor David Betz has in mind when he speaks of a small-scale civil war within a few years.

Walney wants the British authorities to act before it is too late.

“On the basis of the evidence already made public, there are grounds for holding them to account.”

Bash Back also attacks the new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, particularly over his choice of ministers such as Wes Streeting, Yvette Cooper, Shabana Mahmood and Bridget Phillipson. These are evidently not trans-friendly enough.

The group describes itself as non-violent, while continually asking followers to attack those whom Back Bash regards as enemies.

In its own texts, it admits that its proposals are unlikely to be legal, and warns followers that they may be prosecuted for, among other things, criminal damage, possession of an offensive weapon and aggravated trespass.

At the same time, it provides clear practical advice on how to carry out such attacks and how to avoid detection afterwards.

In a section on equipment, items such as a hammer were listed, and activists were advised to clean tools with alcohol or discard them after use “in unmonitored household-waste bins”. It was suggested that the equipment be stolen in order to avoid being traced.

The use of a hammer as a weapon is mentioned here. Walney points out that Bash Back has not moderated itself following the murder of Ann Widdecombe, who was recently beaten to death with 21 blows to the head from a hammer.

Walney argued that political violence “does not begin with an assault”, but with “creating an atmosphere in which threats are normalised, opponents are dehumanised and supporters are encouraged to believe that extreme measures are justified”.

This is a well-known strategy that was used by the Nazis in Germany, but which today is used primarily by Islamists and the radical left, including the climate-hysterical wing.

Certain parties have been singled out as enemies. Zia Yusuf, Reform UK’s spokesman on home affairs, said that the most serious threat to Sarah Pochin, who sits in the House of Commons for Reform, currently came from this group. Bash Back says that this is not true.

“It is time for the government to act against those who have crossed the line from protest to coercion, before it is too late,” Lord Walney believes.

A Home Office spokesman stated:

“While the right to protest is fundamental to our democracy, this must not cross the line into threatening, unlawful or violent behaviour. Those who do so will be punished with the full force of the law.”

One is left with the feeling that the Labour government’s representative is issuing exceptionally empty threats.