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Questioned for "Reading the Independent"

The link is to an article, unsurprisingly in The Independent, about how someone was questioned for reading The Independent outside Downing Street.

I have not been a great fan of encounter receipts. On this occasion, however, they give evidence as to why someone was questioned. It still means that they don't really help necessarily.

The limits on demonstrations close to parliament (which has still not prevented Brian Haw from sitting on Parliament Square with a smaller demonstration) is really over the top.

Comments

Gavin Whenman said…
At least the front page headline that day had an element of truth.

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