Red noses beware
Saturday, March 3rd, 2007Tim Ireland from Bloggerheads conjectures that red noses are probably illegal in Parliament Square, unless you’ve got permission from the police for such a flagrant display of political idealism of course.
Depressingly, he’s probably right, though it’ll be up to the police to decide if someone’s antics look to them like a protest. The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 does not actually define what a demonstration is, leaving it to the police to decide what counts as unacceptable within the exclusion zone.
So far, the police have warned, cautioned and/or arrested people under this act for displaying lapel badges, wearing t-shirts with slogans and even for carrying magazines containing political articles. Parliament Protest has more.
This just shows once again the absurd and intrusive effects of this dreadful piece of legislation, which didn’t even succeed in its primary objective - getting rid of Brian Haw. How they must hate him in the Home Secretary’s office.
