Oh what an interesting dilemma this thing creates:

Officers are also now required to consider “cumulative disruption” from protest, even if the protests in question are organised by different people and about different issues. And the definition of “community” has been changed to include anyone affected by a protest, not just people who live or work in the area it’s happening in.

You can see the possibility of selective/double standard in enforcing this... I'm sure this is just an oversight and surely not intentional. When those groups you don't like start a protest, some others show up, "cause problems" and then you shut it all down. It's all cumulative, innit?!

I wonder, do you have to get a protest approved in the UK, like in other "freer" EU countries (I think that applies to large gatherings), or can it be spontaneous?

Oh, and "community"... what a wonderful little exploit. "Our" community was deeply affected. Yeah, we live in the opposite part of the country, what of it ?

Oh what an interesting dilemma this thing creates:

Officers are also now required to consider “cumulative disruption” from protest, even if the protests in question are organised by different people and about different issues. And the definition of “community” has been changed to include anyone affected by a protest, not just people who live or work in the area it’s happening in.

You can see the possibility of selective/ double standard in enforcing this... I'm sure this is just an oversight and surely not intentional. When those groups you don't like start a protest, some others show up, "cause problems" and then you shut it all down. It's all cumulative, innit?!

I wonder, do you have to get a protest approved in the UK, like in other "freer" EU countries (I think that applies to large gatherings), or can it be spontaneous?