Well Done Plod.....

[ToraToraTora]

....for keeping these plonkers out of the way.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65523439

[Untitled]

"We still have those things and I would not want them curtailed "

well, you obviously do because if you didn't then you would support the right to protest for people you dislike.

"It ain't the Tories that are the new creeping fascism"

it is the tories who are wielding the power of the state to strip their political opponents of basic rights.

[Untitled]

"they went equiped to disrupt, surely you can see that."

if you mean the Night Stars... no, they did not. they are out in central london all the time and one of their services is giving out rape alarms. possession of such a thing is not illegal and they should not have been arrested... frankly the activities of the Night Stars is of more actual importance than anything which happened in Westminster Abbey on Saturday. It was the King who was disrupting them not the other way around.

[ToraToraTora]

untitled please try and read what I write. I agree with legitimate protest. These people went equipped to disrupt and were correctly arrested. If you can't see that then you are either being deliberately thick or actually are.

[Untitled]

which people? the night stars or republic?

[ToraToraTora]

My post is about the the ones in my link. Feel free to start your own if you want.

[Untitled]

both of them are in your link!

[Untitled]

" I agree with legitimate protest. "

protests literally do not come more legitimate than the Republic one... they arranged it with the police and liaised with them for months... the "lock-on equipment" were loops of string they use on their placards (as is very common if you've ever made one)... there is no evidence at all that their "disruption" was to be anything other than being on whitehall and expressing their disapproval of the monarchy.

if that's too far for you then i am afraid you do not agree with legitimate protest... no protest could possibly meet your standards.

[ToraToraTora]

spin it how you like me old china, they were there to do their best to disrupt, end of.

[ToraToraTora]

...you just don't like it because plod foiled their plan.

[Untitled]

there's no evidence they had a plan... i think you're just quite happy for republicans to be arrested on a whim because you're not one

[Untitled]

you also seem quite comfortable with night stars being arrested... why?

[ToraToraTora]

14:49, they were dishing out noise making devices on the eve of the coronation....horses?....think it through.

[Untitled]

it is not illegal to own or distribute rape alarms... do you think they were doing so in order to frighten horses or do you think they were doing it for the same reason they do it every other night?

[anneasquith]

The police lied, surely not . !!!

[ToraToraTora]

14:57, if they choose to distribute horse spooking devices the night before the coronation they are either innocent and extremely thick or they were trying to cause disruption later.

[New Judge]

//…now anyone who seeks to protest peacefully will be subject to arrest...//

No they won’t. Read the new Act. Tell me where it mentions anybody protesting peacefully (which does not include gluing oneself to roads or trains or tunnelling under civil engineering works) will be subject to arrest. All that the new Act does is to describe what is not peaceful protest and includes measures to put a stop to those activities. It's only because, ludicrously, the things I mention were considered "peaceful" that the Act was necessary.

//…it is the tories who are wielding the power of the state to strip their political opponents of basic rights.//

Which particular political opponents of the Tories are being stripped of their basic rights?

[Untitled]

do you think they were carrying them in order to spook horses or do you think they were carrying them for the same reason they carry them every other night? what do you think is most likely?

[ToraToraTora]

15:20 I refer you to my answer at 15:05

[Untitled]

the act includes "serious distress" and "serious annoyance" as examples of the offense "intentionally or recklessly causing public nuisance"... it also empowers ministers - party politicians all of whom are presently Tory - to change these definitions at will... the relevant ministers thus have the power to treat any protest they dislike as criminal because it is "annoying" or "distressing" and are not accountable to parliament for doing so.

"Which particular political opponents of the Tories are being stripped of their basic rights? "

in this case... Republic

[Untitled]

no that is not an answer

in your opinion, were they carrying rape alarms at 2am - which they do every night - with the intent of frightening horses?