Thanks, Martyn. I despair of the willingness of the Government to
acquiesce to the installation of more and more "security" measures ...
Chris
On 4 Apr 2009, at 14:26, Martyn Smoothy wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I realise it won't do any good..... :-(
>
> just wanted to draw the attention of UK members to the petition on
> photo
> restrictions in the latest counter terrorism diktat -
> http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Photorestrict/
>
> "On the 16th of February, the Government passed a law (in the Counter
> Terrorism Act) making it illegal to take a photograph of a police
> office, military personnel or member of the intelligence services -
> or a
> photograph which "may be of use for terrorism". This definition is
> vague
> at best, and open to interpretation by the police - who under Home
> Secretary guidelines can "restrict photography in public places". We
> call for these vague restrictions to be lifted, as they can easily be
> mis-used by the police."
>
> Only takes a minute or so to sign up... should you wish to......
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