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Furthermore, there have been witness reports of somebody's pensioner dad being stopped in the street in Brighton for wearing a polite but anti-Blair T shirt, by a couple of cops who screached to a halt in their car. It was alleged that the police mumbled anti-terrorist threats and forced the old guy to remove himself from the vacinity of the Conference premises.
You reap what you sow. If this is how you want Britain to be in the future, then you've only got yourselves to blaim for not standing up to this dictator.
The worrying thing is that this incident can be explained away as a simple mistake; no official order was given, security on the day was a little enthusiastic due to earlier intelligence reports, the chap was released, apologies all round, no harm done.
What about the poor sod arrested in Bognor away from the media spotlight and detained without evidence? Who will be there to champion his rights and elicit an apology?
The worrying thing is that this incident can be explained away as a simple mistake; no official order was given, security on the day was a little enthusiastic due to earlier intelligence reports, the chap was released, apologies all round, no harm done.
What about the poor sod arrested in Bognor away from the media spotlight and detained without evidence? Who will be there to champion his rights and elicit an apology?
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