No Justifiable Democratic Purpose?
Alan Duncan is wrong when he claims that protesters camped outside Westminster have “no justifiable democratic purpose” and says that they should be moved on permanently. What they are doing has plenty of democratic purpose - they are making their opinions known to those who have been elected to represent them. That is their - and our - right.
There is absolutely no case for having the protestors moved on. Alan Duncan says that it is “nothing to do with freedom of speech or the right to protest.” Bollocks. It has everything to do with free speech and the right to protest. We must have the right to protest how we like and where we like, within obvious reasons.
When Duncan says that the camp is a “vulgar and pointless display”, he has half a point. It is vulgar and so very un-British to directly protest and demonstrate our elected representatives, rather than accepting whatever they decree as is our usual modus operandi. It is also a pretty damn ugly set-up.
Whilst this protest may not actually achieve anything, that doesn’t make it “pointless”. It has a huge - and hugely important - point, to make it clear that we the people do not always agree with what the politicians decide for us.
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You should mention that at least one of these protestors has been done for harrassment, such is the aggressive nature of their supposedly peaceful campaign.
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