Commons protest
Messer’s Ferry, Tomlinson and others have today been found guilty of public order offences following their “invasion” of the House of Commons.
Whilst I sympathise with their viewpoint their actions cannot be justified. However their arrest, trial and fine in marked contrast to the treatment handed out to anti-war protesters who did the same thing in the Welsh Assembly.
They were merely detained by the police for an hour or so then quietly released. Rumour has it they even got a cup of tea….
Why are hunt protesters and peace protesters treated differently when they commit the same offence?
Whilst I sympathise with their viewpoint their actions cannot be justified. However their arrest, trial and fine in marked contrast to the treatment handed out to anti-war protesters who did the same thing in the Welsh Assembly.
They were merely detained by the police for an hour or so then quietly released. Rumour has it they even got a cup of tea….
Why are hunt protesters and peace protesters treated differently when they commit the same offence?
posted by David Davies AM at 2:58 PM
1 Comments:
Yes quite an interesting parallel. I don't think the hunt protestors helped their cause (certainly not in the constituency I stood in), and it wouldn't be something I would condone, but it will be interesting to see what penalties will be handed out
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