“Demonstrations will return to Parliament Square after the government said it would undo its own legislation outlawing protests. Reform announced in Gordon Brown’s draft Queen’s Speech yesterday seeks the repealing of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act (Soca) 2005. The act outright banned any demonstration within 1km of Parliament Square after MPs claimed their work was being disrupted by protests. Then home secretary David Blunkett admitted in 2005 that the act was a ‘hammer to crack a nut,’ in a reference to peace protestor Brian Haw.” (05/15/08)
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