tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post402982248165466462..comments2024-01-23T16:53:02.428+00:00Comments on Mark Thompson: Freedom juxtapositionMark Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00744387583593537268noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-19061194480929498552010-05-25T13:29:09.060+01:002010-05-25T13:29:09.060+01:00I'm disappointed Mark.
The two were arrested ...I'm disappointed Mark.<br /><br />The two were arrested for obstructing security searches - they were not arrested because they were 'peacefully protesting' All the police wanted to do was search the tents, they were not looking to take any of the protesters away, simply to make sure that there wasn't any bombs/guns etc prior to the Queen visiting. <br /><br />Hardly unreasonable and not the heavy arm of the authoritarian state which you, and no doubt much of the left make it out to be.MadEddieHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-27266379198573375622010-05-25T12:56:51.999+01:002010-05-25T12:56:51.999+01:00It is traditional to search the square before the ...It is traditional to search the square before the State Opening, and if someone resists that search they get arrested. It wasn't, as I first thought, part of Boris Johnson's move to clear Parliament Square of the "squatters".NoetiCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05403234052383312082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-28612748375543858692010-05-25T12:49:15.670+01:002010-05-25T12:49:15.670+01:00I understand that the cause of the arrest was obst...I understand that the cause of the arrest was obstructing the security searches this morning prior to the ceremonial around the State Opening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-45017289975157113622010-05-25T12:48:30.073+01:002010-05-25T12:48:30.073+01:00Serves the coalition right for the US-Congress-sty...Serves the coalition right for the US-Congress-style hubris of the name 'Freedom (Great Repeal) Bill'.<br /><br />Oh, sorry, New Politics, silly me, was forgetting.redarsedbaboonnoreply@blogger.com