NuLabour Stazi at it again.

[Peter]

Police have been handed 'Chinese-style' powers to enter private homes and seize political posters during the London 2012 Olympics.

Little-noticed measures passed by the Government will allow officers and Olympics officials to enter homes and shops near official venues to confiscate any protest material.

Breaking the rules could land offenders with a fine of up to ?20,000.

[randyandy]

A DCMS spokesman said: 'The advertising provisions in the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006 are there to prevent ambush marketing and the over-commercialisation of the Games, not to prevent or restrict lawful protests.

[Jonone]

How can they be 'over commercialized' ? Let's not pretend that sport is foremost. What they mean is any opportunities and income streams are sanctioned by themselves and they take a cut.

What would be illegal about eg a 'Free Tibet' sticker in one's window ? Yet the suggestion is that pressure would be brought to bear for such a sticker to be removed.

[andy at handiwork]

So the inevitable heavy-handedness that will occur will be put down to over zealous officers, (and private security operatives as well, by the way), and not to a deliberate policy worthy of the Chinese authorities. And did they really say 'the over commercialisation of the games'? I thought commercialisation was what it was all about.
Its one thing for the police, and only the police, to enter private property if for instance they suspected that 'terrorist' activity is occuring, but it is a completely different matter when they and the Games' private army of security guards, can use force (in the legislation) to prevent some corporate sponser from being embarrassed by a different burger or chocolate maker's poster. I'll bet that any material asking people to boycott sponsers (for their sweat shop activities for example) will be targetted as well.

[Robches]

andy at handiwork wrote:


> Its one thing for the police, and only the police, to enter
> private property if for instance they suspected that
> 'terrorist' activity is occuring, but it is a completely
> different matter when they and the Games' private army of
> security guards, can use force (in the legislation) to prevent
> some corporate sponser from being embarrassed by a different
> burger or chocolate maker's poster.

What you have to remember is that the NuLabor fascists thinks that any opposition to the state is terrorism, but that nothing that the state does can ever be terrorism. Mussolini would be so proud.

[andy at handiwork]

It pains this until comparatively recent long term labour supporter to admit it, but there is much truth in what you say. I might add that Nu Labour is incapable of ever admiting it is wrong.