6,000 people to surround parliament and finish off the socpa law

Isn't it ironic.

29.12.2005 08:35

Isn't it ironic that the exclusion zone law, far from inhibiting demonstrations, now has become a reason for holding even more of them. It is a perfect excuse for protesting about the crap way this country is run and about police intimidation tactics.

It is quite possible that your own MP voted in favour of this draconian law, which threatens our civil liberties and human rights, just so that they can conduct their daily charade in Parliament without hearing megaphones or loudspeakers and without having their limousines impeded by outraged citizens.

To find out how your MP, aka 'representative', voted see:

http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2005-02-07&number=74&display=allvotes

Doug.

Who is organising this???

29.12.2005 09:32

Who is organising this protest though? And by the way if you didn't know protests within 1 kilometer of Parliament are banned without prior written permission from the home office! Calling on 6,000 people to surround Parliament in an unauthorised protest is totally stupid and wreckless as they will all get nicked!!!!!

Free Speach

Free Speech is "Concerned"

29.12.2005 11:12

It's the eager little exclamation marks. Total giveaway!!

Look pal, we know you're a Sun journalist (or similar). Why do you bother to come here? Nobody's opinion is going to change after reading any of your comments.

watcher

Getting nicked wrecklessly[sic]

29.12.2005 12:18

Yep that's right free speach[sic],

some people are prepared to get arrested for things they believe are important. Anyway doesn't seem very likely, 6000 arrests? Imagine the paperwork!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (You like exclamation marks don't you?)

Sim1

the spirit of rosa parks!

29.12.2005 20:09

why worry about getting arrested if the law is wrong?

it's only a matter of time before it's repealed.

elias the donkey

Let me explain something "Free Speech"

29.12.2005 23:38

Your "handle" is bizarre, since you don't seem to understnad.

This is ABOUT free speech. Assuming this mass demo comes off, the people showing up for the protest might have nothing in common with the objectives/causes of the demonstrators who have been being arrested. They would be coming out in defense of ANYBODY to protest, in defense of free speech itself. In defense of the UNWRITTEN British Constitution >

And as for telling them they would be arrested --- well now, if only 60 show up, probably yes. And if only 600 show up, quite possibly. But I think if its 6000 then arresting them all would be an interesting challenge >

Mike
mail e-mail: stepbystpefarm mtdata.com

erm, you got it wrong

30.12.2005 01:09

the point of the pledge is to stand with 6000 others AT THE EDGE of the zone. so why would you be arrested?
on the other hand, once we're all there on the day, i suppose it would be churlish not to poke our toes in the exclusive waters, haha, and see if the police CAN arrest 6000 of us.

it's a lovely idea - spread it far and wide and let's see if we can really make it happen.

perhaps we can even get the daily mail (and thus the evening standard) on our side? they did a whole front page on maya evan's arrest. perhaps we could all write to them and ask them to support the pledge? they thought they were using maya to get at blair, but inadvertently they were unusually helping a lot of right-thinking people. perhaps then we can use them to get at this law? just a thought.

read it properly before making stoopid comments

and in reality

30.12.2005 11:27

six thousand wont turn up, neither will six hundred, there will the usual twenty or thirty faces who wont be taken seriously, change will come in this country only through the political process, this is just a waste of time qnd will achive nothing as usual

does real things

200 signed up already...

30.12.2005 12:31

Go to the site now and check. And what a name, "does real things" indeed. Yeah, sure. Like checking your facts before posting??!!!

Copernicus

What are you doing here free Speech?

30.12.2005 14:40

"ooh everyone will get told off and asked to stay behind". The idea is to challenge the status quo, not roll over and accept it like you will.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thats it I'm done. I've registered, and I'll be there. So thats 5% of your predicted turnout. 10% if you assume Richard the guy who created the pledge will be there.

Come on Free Speech sign up and come along. You may find actually believing in something may change your life forever.

Sparky the Clown

oh

03.01.2006 13:03

"on the other hand, once we're all there on the day, i suppose it would be churlish not to poke our toes in the exclusive waters, haha, and see if the police CAN arrest 6000 of us. "

are you suggesting some kind of mass exclusion zone hokey cokey?

zoe x

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