I’ve been concentrating on other things recently, so I haven’t had time to post about the new limits on demonstrations around parliament. Luckily, Robin over at perfect.co.uk has summarised it all nicely so I don’t have to.
But looking at it in a wider context, it’s just one more step along a path which increasingly prevents the general public from getting involved with the political process. I mentioned this a couple of years ago when I got all nostalgic about the fact that kids can no longer have their photos taken with a smiling bobby outside 10 Downing St.