That’s what an architect recently applied to have his name changed to.
Nick Newman, an architect, has offered to renounce his name to Kill the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill in response to the government’s “draconian” new laws.
The 35-year-old, who works at Studio Bark, has applied to the courts for a deed poll to raise awareness of proposed legislation that would give the police more power to crack down on noisy and violent protestors.
Despite the fact that a majority of the Lords’ proposals were rejected later that day, with Lord Peter Hain describing the bill as “the greatest threat to free speech and non-violent protest in my lifetime,” it appears likely that the government will go through with its plans.
As a result, Newman, who was arrested in 2019 while chaining himself to a modular tower during the Extinction Rebellion (XR) climate crisis protests near Trafalgar Square, stated that he intended to continue with his name change campaign.
The practice director announced the news outside the Royal Courts of Justice earlier this week, reading from a prepared statement: ‘I am an architect, author and XR activist. Having been arrested several times for protesting, including a conviction for criminal damage, this bill will affect me directly, along with many of my fellow protesters.
‘I have decided that in response to these draconian measures, and the lack of action in quashing the bill to date, I have been left with no other option than to try and raise awareness personally by changing my name to Kill the Police Crime Sentencing and Courts Bill.’
If his application is accepted, he will notify the ARB to update the register.
Last month, former architect James Thomas, 47, was released from jail after spending four months in prison with eight others for the Insulate Britain campaign.
He had broken an earlier injunction by participating in a motorway junction 25 blockade on October 8.
Thomas, a full-time climate activist who is no longer on the ARB register, previously worked at Burrell Foley Fischer and PTE and then as a solo practitioner and property developer before returning to university to study environmental economics in 2016.