"Isn't it terrible about Mumbai?" said the man in the BBC canteen, just hours after the first news of the attacks on Wednesday evening. "Are there any pictures yet?" Pictures. Of course. He wanted to see the pictures - and the attackers wanted him to see the pictures. They wanted us all to see the pictures: pictures of people, dead and dying; of security forces rushing about, not knowing wher...

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The Home Office has listened at long last. It will issue new guidance to prevent police officers using the new Counter-Terrorism Act to unfairly arrest photographers taking pictures of police constables. The pledge was made yesterday by Vernon Coaker, the anti-terrorism minister, during a meeting in which Damien Demolder of Amateur Photographer said that: "Some photographers are so concerned about...

New pictures at the Guardian show that Ian Tomlinson had prior contact with the police even before the video footage where he was attacked and then pushed from behind by a police officer. Here we see a policeman giving Tomlinson a friendly tap. Tomlinson was on his way home when these officers refused to allow him through and he was forced to find an alternative way round. Remember the police line...

On the 16th February the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 becomes law. This amends the Terrorism Act 2000 regarding offences relating to information about members of armed forces, a member of the intelligence services, or a police officer. Laws are being introduced that allow for the arrest - and fining, and imprisonment for up to ten years - of anyone who takes pictures of officers 'likely to be u...

BBC News audiences helped us out with reporting the news in record numbers on Monday. Over 35,000 people us sent stills and video of the heavy snow across much of the UK. This was a record both for the sheer number of pictures and almost certainly for the size of the audience response to a news event in the UK. As well as sending us your pictures, audiences watched and read a lot of BBC News. Abou...

The story behind these pictures (see also below) is told on Watts up with that. In a nutshell, these are "before and after" pictures of the Dye 2 radar warning station in southern Greenland, one taken in 1967 and the other in 2006, after it had been abandoned due to the encroaching snow. At a direct level, this gives the lie to the oft' repeated mantra of the warmists that the Greenland ice c...

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….but not here - in Spain. David Davis As we say often, “Sean Gabb has often said that….” Posted in Liberty Tagged: fascism, Jacqui Smith, Libertarian alliance, Liberty, New Labour, police, Police state, Political Correctness, poor people, scumbags, socialism, surveillance, terrorism, War

The demonstration for solidarity with the people of Gaza was earlier today. A few points, and more pictures if you continue reading. 1) I know some people will be disappointed, but I saw no mention of Jews, a bit of shouting of 'down with Israeli terrorism' and rare, scattered Hizb ut-Tahrir flags. Didn't see anyone carrying the sign 'We Are Hamas' (and rightly too, becaus...