It's the Common Law principle of 'public gaze'.
There'll be a lot of 'weasel' justifications but this is a thin end of the
wedge situation.
5(p) is ridiculously vague.
If it is enacted, various forms of passive resistance are possible. I'd
recommend -
- a mail-in campaign. Send Boris a million written applications for permission.
- quiet defiance - get a lot of photographers to go there on a weekend and
photograph each other constantly, in breach of regulation. Perhaps they could
float a few pool toys in the fountains too, as that seems to be expressly
forbidden.
Keep it funny and you don't anger anyone.
Ridicule is the best weapon.
There is an photographer's organisation dedicated to resisting the ridiculous
overapplication of anti-terrorism laws in the UK.
They should be right up this one with a spanner.
Andrew Fildes (occasional activist)
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 31/01/2012, at 10:38 AM, Gerry Walden wrote:
> It is a long held freedom in this country, and most other 'democratic'
> countries to make images whilst on public land, and this is a serious
> infringement of that right. It will aslo stop the legitimate freedom of the
> press to report incidents such as any protest camp, political rally etc. etc.
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