Dateline London on Saturday asked the question I would also like answered:
Why were the gates not opened for Andrew Mitchell last week when previously they were normally opened?
Was this some kind of work to rule? Was it some kind of demonstration? Was is due to poor training? (in which case who was responsible for the training?). Was it due to incompetence? Was there some kind of security justification? Was this some kind of bias against bicycles?
No-one seems to be asking these questions.
Update:
Have just broken off work to watch Owen Jones talking about the issue on BBC News 24. Perhaps the lights were in his eyes are he was blinking and gurning as he talked to Emily Maitlis. He is wrong to say that the police are powerless - the confrontation with Andrew Mitchell demonstrated that on that occasion the police held all the power (and seem to have used that power provocatively).
Why were the gates not opened for Andrew Mitchell last week when previously they were normally opened?
Was this some kind of work to rule? Was it some kind of demonstration? Was is due to poor training? (in which case who was responsible for the training?). Was it due to incompetence? Was there some kind of security justification? Was this some kind of bias against bicycles?
No-one seems to be asking these questions.
Update:
Have just broken off work to watch Owen Jones talking about the issue on BBC News 24. Perhaps the lights were in his eyes are he was blinking and gurning as he talked to Emily Maitlis. He is wrong to say that the police are powerless - the confrontation with Andrew Mitchell demonstrated that on that occasion the police held all the power (and seem to have used that power provocatively).
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