11 March (Part 1) - The police state of Bexley
Today has been one for letters and telephone calls. The police have advised
me that I will be arrested if I attempt to take a camera into the Civic Offices
if a council official says I mustn’t. I have spoken to the Assistant to the
Under Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and he is most
concerned that Bexley council received government advice and then spent money on
doing the opposite. He wants full details as soon as possible.
The policeman pictured yesterday is in this week’s News Shopper introducing
himself to residents of the borough by saying he wanted “to gain the confidence of
all residents”. He will need to do a lot better than he has done so far.