UKUncut Legal Aid Roadblock in Cambridge
Cameraboy | 06.10.2013 17:46 | Public sector cuts | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | Cambridge | London
They Shall Not Pass!
Arsey motorists... perhaps they don't want legal recourse?
Turning back the tide...
Justice For All!
Reform..? Repealment more like.
Low key police presence. Note the CCTV camera facing in opposite direction.
For more detailed summaries:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11741289 ...And here:
http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2011/jun/21/legal-aid-justice-cuts It was a very polite and good natured action, although effective in its aim of disrupting the traffic on a main thoroughfare in the middle of the city. The police had a low key presence (about half a dozen officers in attendance) and didn't appear to be too perturbed by what was happening.
I noticed that a nearby CCTV camera seemed to be turned away from the action for the whole time we were there (see picture), even though it was clear that at times Obstructing the Highway was taking place.
Make of this what you will.
Some motorists seemed more intent on having a face off with the activists by driving right up to them rather than supporting their own right to legal representation, whereas many others honked their horns in solidarity.
As someone who has recently been sanctioned it is crystal clear that what we are witnessing is a government attempting to reduce us all back to a level of Feudal servitude (Zero Hours Contracts, workfare, internships etc) with little or no recourse to a legal defence, except for those who can afford it.
We need to continue to defend the civil rights our own ancestors sacrificed so much to ensure we'd have, because these Lords of Misrule are doing their darndest to destroy them all again.
WE ARE NOT YOUR SERFS!!
Cameraboy
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So why blockade average Joe?
07.10.2013 06:22
Maybe the police left you to it while you shot each others feet for a while?
A?
PC Troll In Da House...
08.10.2013 00:29
Perhaps if you actually DID something more constructive with your time people might take you more seriously.
I dunno, there's Bedroom Tax, Legal Aid cuts, Tuition Fees, Workfare, 1 Million under 25s on the dole, ATOS killing the disabled, hundreds dying every day in Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq and all you can do is sit there and gripe about some people blocking a road for a few minutes on a Saturday afternoon because they believe in the right to legal representation.
It would be laughable if it weren't so pathetic.
No Trolls Here.
Genuine Question
23.10.2013 12:23
What do you mean when you say you have recently been 'sanctioned'? Could you explain please?
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Lords of Misrule
23.10.2013 16:28
Sorry, but you obviously don't know who the Lords of Misrule were or where the term comes from.
anon
Genuine Question
26.10.2013 12:49
If that's you Cameraboy don't play the victim.
unbiased bystander
personal privacy
02.11.2013 15:53
anyone
Ho Hum, usual nonsense...
04.11.2013 19:22
For the more innocent questioner, this seems to give the best answer to your query:
...However, be also aware that this is happening:
I have good reason to believe they pulled this stunt on me (and a few other locals), but of course it is our word against theirs.
No further follow-ups, as the debate has already moved onto other issues, unless of course PC Troll decides to waste more of our valuable time by throwing non-stick mud at people who do things because they believe in them.
Cameraboy
Cameraboy
05.11.2013 14:46
Genuine question
Not a Troll.
05.11.2013 16:43
And there was something about pornography. Thats factual.
another anon
Cameraboy
05.11.2013 17:04
concerned activist
Cameraboy
05.11.2013 17:20
Saying that such a thing is 'implausable' shows a dangerous disregard for the rights of women. Whether this is you or not you need to do some serious thinking about your attitude towards women and towards sexual offences.
I hope that you have not tried to belittle this claim because it is you who has committed these offences.
another concerned activist
Santions
05.11.2013 17:34
yet another anon
About Sanctions
14.11.2013 13:43
Genuine Question