Well Done To The Police Today

[DTCwordfan]

et al who suppressed any notion of major disruptive process in London today. KC - send them over 10 boxes or barrels of beer for each arrest - that's 520 by my reckoning.

Agree?

[douglas9401]

Woe, woe and thrice woe...

[Untitled]

Many of those arrested were doing nothing but holding signs

sorry but it is the job of the police to distinguish actual threats from people simply expressing opinions in public... terrible behaviour by the authorities

[New Judge]

//Many of those arrested were doing nothing but holding signs//

There are plenty of places online where they can do that. They shouldn't insist on making the place look untidy.

[jno]

the police are now tidiness monitors? Probably true, alas.

[Hymie]

We really are turning in to a police State with peaceful protest outlawed and at least one of our judges lamenting people making the place look untidy (by protesting).

[New Judge]

The trouble is, one person's "peaceful protest" is another's inconvenience or spoilt enjoyment. I actually believe there should be a dedicated place for "peaceful protest" (say in the middle of Dartmoor or Thetford Forest) where all the protesters can go and annoy each other in furtherance of their respective causes. That way, only protesters will be annoyed or inconvenienced by protests.

[Hymie]

If I had organised the event (for £250 million) I would have provided an area on the route for the protesters, from where they could shout ‘Not in my name’ at the King, and ‘Nonce’ at Prince Andrew.

[Hopkirk]

NJ, I must protest.
Why spoil the beauty and tranquility of Thetford Forest?

[Deskdiary]

Gromit’s drunk - you need to lay off posting when you’re plastered mate.

I’m fairly ambivalent about the whole thing, but , but you’d have to have a heart of stone not have admired the pageantry that was on display.

The protestors may )and it’s a big may) have had a point, but Jesus wept, they could have given it a rest today.

They looked like pathetic dickwads.

[douglas9401]

I wanted to have full use of pavements but lunatic extremists had set up camps on a public walkway.

Where's MY protection?

[anneasquith]

‘ given it a rest today’……. Lol.

[237SJ]

I felt sorry for some of the police today. It was pissing with rain all day and they weren't even wearing waterproofs. One poor girl stood near us for about 6 hours and she was absolutely sodden.

[237SJ]

I don't know what went on but in Whitehall I only saw 3 protesters with Not My King banners. The people in the crowd held up their umbrellas to block them so the police didn't have to do very much.

[anneasquith]

No need to be abusive DD, but I think you have missed the point . Hey Ho .

[Untitled]

"person's "peaceful protest" is another's inconvenience or spoilt enjoyment."

someone being inconvenienced or... "spoilt enjoyment"... is not a matter for the metropolitan police.. so the thing you describe is not a trouble at all

the fact that you find someone "untidy" is not cause for them to be arrested... that way lies a police state

[johnny.5]

If you pack them all off o Dartmoor or Thetford where they can all gather in seclusion and develop an extremist cult

[Deskdiary]

Hey ho indeed anneasquith, you’ve shown the type of person you are.

I pity you.

[anneasquith]

Ha ha ha .

[Untitled]

why should they have given it a rest during the coronation? the ones in trafalgar square were doing nothing but were arreste anyway

this is the behaviour of a police state