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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-10 03:23 PM
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Parliament Square protest rules to be reformed
Source: BBC

The government is to ban permanent protest camps from Parliament Square - but says it will also repeal rules restricting ordinary demonstrations.

The measures are included in the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill published on Tuesday.

The reforms are unlikely to be in force before next year's Royal Wedding.

Ministers want to remove a long-standing anti-war camp from the square before the wedding - but it is not clear yet how that will happen.



Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11891812
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-10 03:27 PM
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1. The "anti-war" camp
is one man, a tent and a lot of posters.
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truebrit71 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-10 03:34 PM
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2. Don't you just love the Orwellian titles these things have? "Social Responsibility Bill"...
..:puke:

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