#OnThisDay in London legal history, 2005: exclusion zone banning demos within a km of parliament comes into force. Only one in a long strand of repressive legislation: A Short History of UK Public Order Acts; Updated version wp.me/p74yfw-21t
A Short History of UK Public Order Acts – Coronation SpecialThe Public Order Act into law just a week ago on May 2nd has already aroused some controversy, with the first arrests under its provisions – of members of the anti-monarchist campaigning grou…wp.me