The strife of Brian
October 27th, 2004You know you must be really pissing off the establishment, when they introduce a law specifically to get rid of you. Brian Haw, aka ‘that bloke in Parliament Square‘ has made such a nuisance of himself that MPs are having to really peddle the bullshit line in an attempt to get rid of him. The loudest voice involved is Tory MP Sir George Young, who brings out the trump card of terrorism, and this ridiculous claim:
In a Commons debate in May he said that terrorists could hide behind the peace protester’s banners and “pick us off as we arrive at or leave the House”. No other democracy would allow “this shanty town” in the middle of the its capital, he said.
Actually, democracies are meant to allow this sort of protest go ahead (would he be so vehemently against it if it were anti-hunt ban protesters?). Given that his protest is peaceful, non-inciteful, non-obstructive, and on public property, why are they trying to get rid of him so much? Sneaking in a clause into a bill that is supposed to be about organised crime (what precisely “permanent encampments outside Parliament” have to do with combatting drug traffickers and pimps?) to get rid of one relatively harmless guy is harsh, to the point of draconian.
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