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I know what it is like to confront those cosplaying jihadists with their face coverings, which I know are designed to be intimidating. I have faced people in masks, on protests I have been on, screaming abuse. I can see that that is the problem that this is trying to address. The reality is that there is a principle here: in a free society, people should be able to go on a demonstration anonymously; unless they do something wrong, and if they do something wrong then go and get ’em—fine with me. If there is a problem, and we think that people are masking up to intimidate, the police can, as happens now, ask them to remove their masks.