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Theme : protest
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Managing protest...
It's worth taking a look at the recent Governance of Britain Draft Bill and accompanying White Paper. It's worth keeping an eye also on how the Bill develops as it passes through Parliament. One of the headlines is a possible repeal of the requirement that protesters seek permission int the vicinity of Parliament.
In January we wrote a response for the Managing Protest Around Parliament consultation. If you'd like to have a read you can download a pdf copy here.
from : petebradwell
14th May 2008
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News from Westminster
Brian Haw is the possibly heroic megaphone-clenching peace protestor whose lone vigil outside the gates of Parliament has lasted over five and a half years. That's a long time to hold a protest for. According to Indymedia, on Monday, following the latest attempt to remove him or limit what he can do and display, he successfully had the case against him (that he breached the conditions placed on his demonstration) dropped. There's a BBC story about it here.These hijinks stem from the SOCPA...
from : petebradwell
24th January 2007
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Can I Tell You You're Wrong Here?
Got any spare time next Thursday evening? Have anything you want to get off your chest?Then you could do worse than involving yourself in this heartwarming and ingenious plan to play around with the ridiculous SOCPA legislation over the next week. That way you can express yourself right in front of the big cheeses in Parliament.As the Rachel From North London blog highlights, the scheme - which I think is led by Mark Thomas - is to get as many individual protests happening in Parliament Square...
from : petebradwell
23rd August 2006
