Thatcher funeral protesters get police go-ahead to turn backs on coffin [View all]
Source: UK Guardian
Protesters planning to demonstrate along the route of Lady Thatcher's funeral procession have been given the go-ahead by police to turn their backs on the former prime minister's coffin as it makes its way through central London to St Paul's.
Scotland Yard has repeatedly asked people planning demonstrations to let them know in advance, warning that anyone causing "harassment, alarm or distress" could be arrested under section 5 of the Public Order Act.
But Rebecca Lush Blum, 41, from Hampshire, who has set up a Facebook event calling on people to turn their back on the funeral procession, said she had spoken to the police and had been reassured that her protest could go ahead near the Royal Courts of Justice.
The prospect of high-profile protests being beamed around the world during Wednesday's funeral has raised concern among some senior Tories. Lord Tebbit, the former Conservative chairman, described the protesters as "mindless bigots" but said that, provided they were obeying the law, the police had no option.
Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/apr/14/thatcher-funeral-protesters-police
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