Police hold pensioners over Heathrow protest t-shirts
See: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...irlineindustry
and http://www.airpor****ch.org.uk/downl...n_June2008.pdf CJB On Jun 13, 9:39*pm, "Richard J." wrote: Jim Mason wrote: In article c6de67e0-ab18-497d-a3e5- , says... Police hold pensioners over Heathrow protest t-shirts On Saturday 31st May, three pensioners were stopped, at the Heathrow bus station as they made their way by bus to Hatton Cross for the peaceful demonstration against the expansion of Heathrow. Something doesn't ring true with this. It does indeed sound very odd. *The demonstration march itself was routed, with the full cooperation and support of the Met Police, around the Eastern Perimeter Road from Hatton Cross, under planes landing on the northern runway (27R), and out on to the A4. *The perimeter road is INSIDE the airport boundary. The police actually closed the clockwise side of the road to enable the march to proceed. It's possible, I suppose, that the individual policemen in the central bus station hadn't been briefed. *If so, a formal complaint should be made to the Met about denying people an opportunity to take part in a legitimate protest. IIRC the fact that access to the airport is allowed only to people having business (personal or otherwise) to be there has been true for decades. I noticed signs on the exits from the new T5 platforms on the Piccadilly Line that said as much. *I suspect that the local bye-laws are intended purely to provide a clear legal basis to eject any suspicious characters, and that there is an understanding that otherwise people will be allowed to come and go as they please. *The understanding seems to have broken down in this case. Follow-ups set to eliminate irrelevant crossposting to Glasgow/Edinburgh groups. -- Richard J. (to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address) |
Police hold pensioners over Heathrow protest t-shirts
"CJB" wrote in message ... See: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...irlineindustry and http://www.airpor****ch.org.uk/downl...n_June2008.pdf CJB On Jun 13, 9:39 pm, "Richard J." wrote: Jim Mason wrote: In article c6de67e0-ab18-497d-a3e5- , says... Police hold pensioners over Heathrow protest t-shirts On Saturday 31st May, three pensioners were stopped, at the Heathrow bus station as they made their way by bus to Hatton Cross for the peaceful demonstration against the expansion of Heathrow. Something doesn't ring true with this. It does indeed sound very odd. The demonstration march itself was routed, with the full cooperation and support of the Met Police, around the Eastern Perimeter Road from Hatton Cross, under planes landing on the northern runway (27R), and out on to the A4. The perimeter road is INSIDE the airport boundary. The police actually closed the clockwise side of the road to enable the march to proceed. It's possible, I suppose, that the individual policemen in the central bus station hadn't been briefed. If so, a formal complaint should be made to the Met about denying people an opportunity to take part in a legitimate protest. IIRC the fact that access to the airport is allowed only to people having business (personal or otherwise) to be there has been true for decades. I noticed signs on the exits from the new T5 platforms on the Piccadilly Line that said as much. I suspect that the local bye-laws are intended purely to provide a clear legal basis to eject any suspicious characters, and that there is an understanding that otherwise people will be allowed to come and go as they please. The understanding seems to have broken down in this case. Follow-ups set to eliminate irrelevant crossposting to Glasgow/Edinburgh groups. -- Richard J. (to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address) It's in a UK newspaper, it must be true! |
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