It is always fascinating when the true Tory party jumps out of the box. Alan Duncan, Tory frontbencher, has condemned Brian Haw's protest outside parliament as a "vulgar and pointless display" serving "no justifiable democratic purpose".
I wonder if he checked this with David Davis.
A lot of protest is vulgar. That is what happens in a democracy. As for "pointless", surely that is up to Brian Haw and his colleagues? It's a free country. As for serving "no democratic purpose", again that is up to Haw and colleagues. Surely displays of free speech and protest are a sign of a healthy democracy. Brian Haw serves as much of a democratic purpose as the rest of us when we express our views in public - and that includes Mr Duncan.
I do not condone law-breaking (the article arises from a court case involving the protesters and Duncan).
The protest is not "demeaning" to parliament. Quite the opposite. It is a reassuring reminder that our country is free.
The attack by Duncan is nauseatingly arrogant. But we should be grateful that, once again, the true Tory party is revealed. He sees protest as inconvenient and one can imagine him ordering the water hoses into Parliament Square to wash out the protesters.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment