'Londoners will want swift reassurance any lessons to be learned will be learned.'
By Jasmine Andersson & Daniel SandfordA controversial new law under which six anti-monarchy protesters were arrested on Coronation day has been criticised as too crude and too broad.
There were growing concerns that protesters would use rape alarms, possible lock-on devices, loud hailers, vandalise monuments and throw paint during the procession. "While we said that our tolerance for disruption of the Coronation celebrations was low, it was not zero," he wrote.Former cabinet minister David Davis was the only Conservative MP to vote against the changes to the Public Order Bill.
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "We see the consequences of that, particularly for the poor police officers who have to make sense of legislation that was only passed a few days ago." • The law bans protesters from committing acts of "serious disruption" - meaning demonstrations which prevent people going about their day-to-day activities.
Republic were subject to the first application of the new Act, which was passed into law last Tuesday. "The people of London, the tourists, the people that work at this place... the taxi drivers, the bus drivers, they're getting fed up of it, and you're just letting it happen." He added: "It wouldn't be right for me to interfere with their operational decisions but it is right for the government to give the police the powers to tackle serious disruption."London Mayor Sadiq Khan has requested "further clarity" from Scotland Yard, saying the right to peaceful protest is an integral part of democracy.
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