Haw's triumph
Congratulations to Brian Haw, who has won the right to continue protesting against US/UK foreign policy in Parliament Square.
It isn't that i feel his protest is likely to achieve very much, or that i have any particular admiration for the man. I agree, in the vaguest of terms, with the motive for his protest, although i'm not sure how useful it is.
But the heavy-handed tactics used by the Met were simply unacceptable and it is refreshing to see District Judge Quentin Purdy react against the Government's alarming tendency towards the repression of dissent.
Haw's demonstration might have been a minor inconvenience to pedestrians, it may even have been a sensationalist's stab at self-publicisation. But it was a legitimate expression of the feelings of millions of people, and long may it continue.
After all, a government that uses every measure in its power to quell dissent is a government that knows it has done wrong.
Congratulations to Brian Haw, who has won the right to continue protesting against US/UK foreign policy in Parliament Square.
It isn't that i feel his protest is likely to achieve very much, or that i have any particular admiration for the man. I agree, in the vaguest of terms, with the motive for his protest, although i'm not sure how useful it is.
But the heavy-handed tactics used by the Met were simply unacceptable and it is refreshing to see District Judge Quentin Purdy react against the Government's alarming tendency towards the repression of dissent.
Haw's demonstration might have been a minor inconvenience to pedestrians, it may even have been a sensationalist's stab at self-publicisation. But it was a legitimate expression of the feelings of millions of people, and long may it continue.
After all, a government that uses every measure in its power to quell dissent is a government that knows it has done wrong.
posted by Rob Davies at 3:32 PM
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