Mastermind and the road to Damascus

[Pete Mitchell]

Roland Perry wrote  on 25-02-09 06:20:
> The person answering the question would be the Home Office spokesperson, 
> so an unambiguous statement that there has to be suspected *terrorist* 
> activity associated with the taking of the photo. They could also repeat 
> what they've already said, which is that the photo-taking issue has been 
> in place since 2000, 

No it hasn't. A Home Office minister (Toney McNulty) was quite recently 
induced to write a formal reply to an MP admitting that "there is no 
legal restriction on photography in public places". He did not make any 
Terrorism Act caveats about photographing police officers either, 
although he did append the traditional one about Protecting the Children 
:)


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Pete Mitchell