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Author: CJBCJB Date: Jun 13, 2008 12:34
Police hold pensioners over Heathrow protest t-shirts
On Saturday 31st May, three pensioners were stopped, at the Heathrow
bus station as they made their way by bus to Hatton Cross for the
peaceful demonstration against the expansion of Heathrow.
In the words of one of them:
“We were five pensioners from Slough, changing buses at Heathrow bus
station on our way to the rally against the third runway. Three of us
were wearing T-shirts saying "Stop Airport Expansion", but the police
stop and search rules say that dress cannot be used as a reason to
stop members of the public.
Nevertheless, police officers did stop us. The Heathrow bylaws, we
were informed, permit access to the bus station only to air passengers
or those meeting them. [**] Oddly, only the members of our party
wearing the T-shirts appeared to be in breach of these bylaws. We were
questioned, our details were recorded and we were forbidden access to
the airport for 24 hours on threat of arrest if we did return. In one
case "demo - T-shirt" was recorded as the reason for the stop, but the
other records are inconsistent, referring
only to breach of the bylaws.
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Author: Jim MasonJim Mason Date: Jun 13, 2008 13:03
> Police hold pensioners over Heathrow protest t-shirts
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> On Saturday 31st May, three pensioners were stopped, at the Heathrow
> bus station as they made their way by bus to Hatton Cross for the
> peaceful demonstration against the expansion of Heathrow.
Something doesn't ring true with this.
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Author: Jim MasonJim Mason Date: Jun 13, 2008 13:05
> Police hold pensioners over Heathrow protest t-shirts
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> On Saturday 31st May, three pensioners were stopped, at the Heathrow
> bus station as they made their way by bus to Hatton Cross for the
> peaceful demonstration against the expansion of Heathrow.
I have heard of similar actions within LHR but never outside of it.
I suspect there is more to this story than is being reported.
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Author: Richard J.Richard J. Date: Jun 13, 2008 13:39
Jim Mason wrote:
>> Police hold pensioners over Heathrow protest t-shirts
>>
>> On Saturday 31st May, three pensioners were stopped, at the Heathrow
>> bus station as they made their way by bus to Hatton Cross for the
>> peaceful demonstration against the expansion of Heathrow.
>
> Something doesn't ring true with this.
It does indeed sound very odd. The demonstration march itself was routed,
with the full cooperation and support of the Met Police, around the Eastern
Perimeter Road from Hatton Cross, under planes landing on the northern
runway (27R), and out on to the A4. The perimeter road is INSIDE the
airport boundary. The police actually closed the clockwise side of the road
to enable the march to proceed.
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Author: Jim MasonJim Mason Date: Jun 13, 2008 13:51
> Jim Mason wrote:
>>> Police hold pensioners over Heathrow protest t-shirts
>>>
>>> On Saturday 31st May, three pensioners were stopped, at the Heathrow
>>> bus station as they made their way by bus to Hatton Cross for the
>>> peaceful demonstration against the expansion of Heathrow.
>>
>> Something doesn't ring true with this.
>
> It does indeed sound very odd. The demonstration march itself was routed,
> with the full cooperation and support of the Met Police, around the Eastern
> Perimeter Road from Hatton Cross, under planes landing on the northern
> runway (27R), and out on to the A4. The perimeter road is INSIDE the
> airport boundary. The police actually closed the clockwise side of the road
> to enable the march to proceed. ...
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Author: Joe CurryJoe Curry Date: Jun 13, 2008 14:24
On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:34:08 -0700 (PDT), CJB gmail.com>
wrote:
>Working together for a safer London". Safer for whom?
I am still trying to work out why this was x-posted to
alt.airports.uk.edinburgh?
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Author: Joe CurryJoe Curry Date: Jun 13, 2008 14:26
On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:03:22 +0100, Jim Mason
removethisukonline.co.uk> wrote:
>> On Saturday 31st May, three pensioners were stopped, at the Heathrow
>> bus station as they made their way by bus to Hatton Cross for the
>> peaceful demonstration against the expansion of Heathrow.
>Something doesn't ring true with this.
The irrelevance to alt.airports.uk.edinburgh?
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Author: Joe CurryJoe Curry Date: Jun 13, 2008 14:33
On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:39:06 GMT, "Richard J."
blueukder.co.yon> wrote:
>Follow-ups set to eliminate irrelevant crossposting to Glasgow/Edinburgh
>groups.
Thank you... can we trace the OP crossposter? We have a problem in
Scotland with x-post boosting to alt.airports.uk.glasgow..
The newsgroup alt.airports.uk.edinburgh has been a regular victim
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