Demonstrating no demonstrations
Following on from yesterday’s interview I’d like to highlight something. The former comedian, and now just generally pissed off, Mark Thomas is organising a day of demos a week on Saturday about the need to apply for a permit to demonstrate within a mile of parliament with permission from the Police. Not having a permit is illegal under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005.
This law does not only stop you from demonstrating against only parliament but, anything. You couldn’t hold and NUT strike without permission. It’s one of those anti-terror laws that’s there to protect us, apparently.
I can only lend my support to what he is doing. I may be apply for a demo permit if I can find the time, but if you live in London this would be a different way to spend a Saturday in the cause of good.
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