Census - Civil Protest Action Day

[DTCwordfan]

Here's one for ABers or others wanting to protest about the Census or Cuts..........

Given the Government and Local Council cuts (down here inc. supermarket recycling and closing of public conveniences, never mind the closure of old folk facilities, the conditions of the lanes and all the rest), why doesn't a large number of Britain rise up in mass and have a day of action on the 27th of March where the Census is piled up and burnt in large heaps across the main squares of cities, towns and villages of this once fair and beautiful land.

Could they really take tens/hundreds of thousand of folk, normally law abiding citizens, to court for civil disobedience.......and clog up the system for years to come.....Me thinks not.

After all what good are these statistics going to be given all the closure of services that have been funded by our hard-earned taxes in the past? It is, in part, an exercise in redundancy.

Views?

[dotty.]

lol

[squarebear]

Would be an easy way for them to get a £1,000 from the protestors. Hey, it might even help tilt the balance back into the black :-)

[tamborine]

Refusal is the excuse to give us a hefty fine, without courts being clogged up.

[DeadEndStreet]

If you are on a low income they would not give you a £1000 fine. Does it not say up to £1000.

[squarebear]

Would still be an easy way for them to make a few quid, even if it is up to £1,000

[DeadEndStreet]

It is compulsory to fill in the census or face a fine of up to £1,000. The operation will involve 35,000 field staff, who will gather information from about 26 million households.

[squarebear]

Why wouldn't they impose the maximum fine just because you were on a low income? There's an old saying: if you can't do the time, don't do the crime.

[DeadEndStreet]

The courts don't work like that

[squarebear]

Shame...