Comments on: Praise Jesus and Question Tony Blair

By: ycyycn

ycyycn — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 02:16:19 +0000

The police were obviously given clear instructions regarding visibility.http://idfhhk.net/

By: richard

richard — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 14:30:08 +0000

Ivaaaaaan… The point was to test how far the government are willing to go with this bonkers law and get some more media attention for the fact that it’s no longer legal to do or say anything political outside Parliament unless you’re Brian Haw! Runaway success on both counts. Great work, Tim!

By: Ivan Pope

Ivan Pope — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 13:18:44 +0000

I’m not sure what the point of this was. Surely it is obvious that there is discretion on the part of the police – not every action is a protest. And obviously they will, if they want to, interpret carol singing as ‘not a protest’.Maybe it would have been more interesting to have sung protest carols or something to nudge the line a bit.

By: Scaryduck

Scaryduck — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 08:52:40 +0000

Bloody well done, mate.

By: Manic

Manic — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 10:46:52 +0000

Thanks, Rachel. It was wonderful to meet you at last.And what a result, eh? The police were obviously given clear instructions regarding visibility.I loved the bit where the media moved to a position that meant the main gate of Parliament was in shot (when we moved the service to the corner for safety reasons) ... and the police on duty there actually *hid* rather than be photographed, even in the distant background.Bloody glorious.(link to full Urban 75 report for the record)http://urban75.org/photos/protest/carols-parliament.html

By: Blairwatch

Blairwatch — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 10:33:45 +0000

Once in Royal Tony’s City: Update

Radio 4 covered the Carol Service in Parliament Square last night. I archived the report here, because it will be gone tomorrow…Hat Tip to all those who went!

By: Rachel North London

Rachel North London — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 10:32:56 +0000

Well done Tim! Well done everybody. Top singing too.Best protest ever.Some nice pics and comments on urban 75 ( you need to be a member to read the main board but you can see the quick report here )http://www.urban75.org/news.html

By: Talk Politics

Talk Politics — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 09:43:22 +0000

Applause

Carol singers have become the latest group to defy a ban on unauthorised protests around Parliament.About 100 singers tested the limits of the new Serious Organised Crime and Police Act by singing in Parliament Square on Wednesday evening.The l…

By: MatGB

MatGB — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 02:21:00 +0000

“American Style” weblog? Considering they do on occasions do blog round ups, you’d have thought that they’d know that we don’t do anything American style.Our weblogs are British style, we’re nice and polite and get on with each other even when we disagree vehemently. Well, most of the time.Kudos Tim, shame I couldn’t make it, and not surprising no arrests were made, that would have made for some nasty publicity they could do without.

By: nogbad

nogbad — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 00:37:48 +0000

Power to you! As an agnostic I find it cheering that should I choose to sing carols (I’ve been doing that this evening at a local celebration) at the HoP I now know I can.More importantly I’m glad that again this stupid, paranoid exercise of power has been shown to be no more than puff.Power to Brian – peace to everyone!N