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Hey up, another 'terror threat'.

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  • mewbie_2
    mewbie_2 Posts: 6,058 Forumite
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    Yer, we better take some more liberties. After seeing the political unrest in France, maybe they should ban protests anywhere, to protect us all?
    Surely there is a real danger that voters could fashion dangerous flying darts out of ballot papers, and in the light of that we should 'temporarily' suspend elections?
  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
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    mewbie wrote: »
    Surely there is a real danger that voters could fashion dangerous flying darts out of ballot papers, and in the light of that we should 'temporarily' suspend elections?

    I think maybe we should come up with some sort of surveillance procedure in that case. Make everyone carry a card with a chip on it? Don't announce it all at once though, just say it's for their own good and once it's mandatory, slip in a few extra's to combat any form of any type of bad stuff.

    I'm off to get me a patent. I think I will call it an identification card. Pure freakin genius me.
  • cocktail
    cocktail Posts: 377 Forumite
    gosh! i remember when brown went to the gulf ,on a weekend a few months ago with a 'begging bowl'. the frontline news was about darfur or someother african country and genocide etc. the gulf visit was in the background.
    whats happened to the free press?
    i thought we were a developed country
  • sharkie
    sharkie Posts: 624 Forumite
    Obviously she is referring to British Citizens that are planning a march on Parliament Square...

    Don't do anything illegal - like protest in front of the people for whom you have elected (or upset tourists)! Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 makes it illegal to have protests in Parliament Square (or, indeed, in a large area reaching roughly half a mile in all directions) without first seeking the permission of the Met Police Commissioner
  • sharkie wrote: »
    Don't do anything illegal - like protest in front of the people for whom you have elected (or upset tourists)! Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 makes it illegal to have protests in Parliament Square (or, indeed, in a large area reaching roughly half a mile in all directions) without first seeking the permission of the Met Police Commissioner



    Does seeking the permission qualify even if permission is rejected?!

    :rotfl:
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