david cameron's threat to remove protestors from parliament square well before the royal wedding has been thwarted by the high court, who will not hear an obstruction case until may 9th..

the GLA recently fought brian haw et al in the high court appealing against a ruling that exempted the peace camp during the eviction of the democracy village last year. brian's legal team, and barbara tucker acting on her own, were told they would now have to move off the grass of parliament square. however, the court also gave them a stay of execution and a right to appeal before the end of this month.

if the protestor's appeal is unsuccessful, they will be told they have to move their tents on to the pavement, enforceable by a high court injunction.

however, westminster council have also lodged an 'obstruction of the highway' case against the protests, hoping to use this to prevent them from using the pavement area too.

the two cases, while not officially connected, are thought to be part of MP's plans to remove the 'embarassment' of the decade-long protests against illegal and deceitful war-mongering, and are backed by david cameron's 'promises' to the house that the square would be cleared before the royal wedding.

but today, the high court set a date for the 'obstruction of the highway' hearing, and the date is the 9th of may, long after the royal wedding.

it's not inconceivable, on past record, that there may be a sudden 'security scare' or suchlike on the morning of the wedding, giving the police an excuse to remove protestors, but removing their banners or tents too would probably be highly unlawful and impossible to defend, so it looks like, unless the route of the wedding cavalcade is changed, the happy couple and their bloated entourage will have to pass by the protests.

of course, since it is officially the queen who has the final say on whether the country goes to war, she and her heirs, especially the future king william, all have their hands covered thick with the blood of innocent iraqi and afghan citizens, including tens if not hundreds of thousands of women and children.

of course, this dysfunctional family includes some of the uk's biggest tax-scroungers, literally living like kings on unfathomably large state hand-outs, as well as unfeasibly huge allowances like the common agricultural policy which pays out austerity-busting sums to the rich for simply 'owning' land.

on the day of the royal wedding, the parliament square protestors will hopefully be the least of their worries, as unions threaten transport strikes, and activists threaten large demonstrations to disrupt this overblown and irrelevant spectacle, and contrast this excessive extravagance against violent cuts in jobs and services.