Protesters Arrested Outside UK Parliament

[00000000000]

I hate this fucking draconian law about not being able to protest near Parliament without prior approval from the local police.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-15533065

[Waltraute]

it's the typical nanna-boo-boo nonsense to justify any represeeive measures as a means of thwarting progress -- we just had the Municipal District Attourney of Nashville refuse to sign off on warrest warrants to eject protestors from the city park across from the State Capitol there "because local law enforcement has no right to determine when city facilities do and do not close". The head of St. Paul's Abbey there in London, too, recently resigned, suggesting "the Church should not use violence to deal with protestors", and "in a free and democratic society, discourse could be engaged in in regards to the protestors' demands" (I paraphrase)

[brigadista]

and of course the article doesnt mention the reason they were there....

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/8389196/Squatters-how-the-law-will-change.html

According to the Home Office the law surrounding squatters is currently as follows:
• Squatting is a civil offence against the landlord/owner of the property, which to all intents and purposes means that it is an unlawful practice, but not illegal.
• You can be convicted of a criminal offence if you have caused damage to the property by gaining entry, covered under the Criminal Justice Act 1994.
• Use of electricity etc is also a crime as it is theft.
• The landlord/owners are well within their rights to evict squatters, but they must go to a civil court in order to gain a possession order.
• Squatters do have limited rights. A landlord cannot remove you by violent or forced means, only through the legal process.
Ken Clarke, the Justice Secretary, is to make squatting illegal for the first time in England and Wales in a bid to end the days of "squatters' rights".
The new law will make squatting a criminal offence rather than a civil offence and end the lengthy process of home owners having to fight legal battles in the civil courts in order to evict squatters.
It will allow police to force entry and arrest anyone who has occupied a property. Squatters could even face a prison sentence under the plans if prosecuted.
Squatting is already a criminal offence in Scotland and someone guilty of it could be sentenced to 21 days in jail.