"Protesting"? What's your view.

[cee-dee]

We've all seen "Protesters" at many sites of construction and civil engineering over time and the latest to hit the news is at the drilling ste in Sussex.

The "protesters" have also forced their way in to a company HQ in Staffordshire and some "protesters" have glued themselves to the company's PR HQ in London.

"Protesting" or "demonstrating" is one thing but when it comes to a mob taking what they call "Direct Action", I think it's gone beyond a simple "protest"?

It seems to me that the same old "activists" want to whip up "support" from any source they can and are hell-bent on causing trouble having gone beyond "civil disobedence"?

It's rare that such "protests" actually achieve anything other than wasting a great deal of police time costing a fortune in so doing and causing much inconvenience along the way.

A Public Order Act notice doesn't seem very effective because after being served with such a notice, the "protesters" see it as a reason to resist any attempts by the police to either move them on or shift them and think it's all jolly good fun to be arrested knowing they'll probably be either completely "let off" or get a small fine.

Mostly, these "protests" are against legitimate and legal operations which have been either authorised by local planning, by Government Licence or even an Act of Parliament.

Leaving aside the merits or otherwise of whatever the "protesters" are "protesting" about, what's your view about such things and what would you like done if such a "protest" hit your neck of the woods?

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@cee-dee wrote:

For us to comment fully on both points you raised we'd have to know a lot more than the one-sided report and blogs have put out?

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That is true ... though pretty much all discussions on forums like these are similarly constrained.

Any Head who reacts like this one has to a blog needs to stick within private education.  Wouldn't last a day in an average comprehensive, where he would be challenged day in, day out, by pupil (and parent) behaviour.  Within private education, you can still get away with this type of autocracy. 

[cee-dee]

I think, like I said, it's time for him to move on?

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Indeed!  I heard you.  Hence my suggestion re the scope of his job search.

[spawnjohnuk]

I fully agree with caution at 59

Protesting in the manner cd mentions is fine when the proper and polite way is listened to and properly answered politely ,whether that be an explanation of no or an agreeing. The problem I see and obviously I'm not on my own is exactly as said..''all govs are inherently corrupt ''

They always have been,but and its a big but for UK ,not until Thatcher's policy of ''you dont have to actually listen to the peoples voice and we certainly do not need to explain ourselves to them'' '' and that became a working part of british govern (see Tony Bliar) aided and abetted by the advertising media machine (American style) that she and he felt the need to use ,did proper protesting become irrelevant to many free thinking people.(as did voting )

I personally wish to see everyone who's fed up of being ignored and /or lied to, to sit down and refuse to move ....bet theres more than you think 🙂