Three cheers for Mark Thomas and his ingenuity - see his comment and the full story in the Guardian yesterday - he is attempting to get Gordon Brown into the dock. He alleges that the prime minister broke the law by demonstrating unlawfully in Parliament Square when he participated in the unveiling of the statue of Nelson Mandela. The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 means that anyone wishing to demonstrate within an area around parliament must get police approval. This is the law that Maya Evans was arrested and convicted under, for reading out the names of the British and Iraqi war dead. Mark Thomas put forward plans to the police re the same speeches made by Gordon Brown and gathering around the statue: he was assured he needed permission yet it seems Gordon Brown did not get permission. This absurd law needs overhauling - see earlier Green party comment here.
14 Dec 2007
Gordon Brown in the dock?
Three cheers for Mark Thomas and his ingenuity - see his comment and the full story in the Guardian yesterday - he is attempting to get Gordon Brown into the dock. He alleges that the prime minister broke the law by demonstrating unlawfully in Parliament Square when he participated in the unveiling of the statue of Nelson Mandela. The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 means that anyone wishing to demonstrate within an area around parliament must get police approval. This is the law that Maya Evans was arrested and convicted under, for reading out the names of the British and Iraqi war dead. Mark Thomas put forward plans to the police re the same speeches made by Gordon Brown and gathering around the statue: he was assured he needed permission yet it seems Gordon Brown did not get permission. This absurd law needs overhauling - see earlier Green party comment here.
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