tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13346431.post5181036195921223074..comments2023-10-20T06:31:56.952+00:00Comments on The Lone Voice: More folk given hassle over taking snaps in a public place.Fidothedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13588552210424845667noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13346431.post-39847570519697123552009-12-07T05:29:29.735+00:002009-12-07T05:29:29.735+00:00"ACPO spokesman Craig Mackey, who is the Chie..."ACPO spokesman Craig Mackey, who is the Chief Constable of Cumbria Police, said: It [stop and account] is not a Terrorism Act power. It is very clear. A member of the public can say 'thank you officer, I've explained why I am here. I don't want to give any details."'<br /><br />Thank you, I will remember that.bannedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406037760273820029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13346431.post-47723931326120089722009-12-06T19:28:22.104+00:002009-12-06T19:28:22.104+00:00Are they going after tourists lined up to take sna...Are they going after tourists lined up to take snapshots of the family on tour around various locations too?<br /><br />If so, then that's always good for the tourist industry - you know, new slogan, "Travel to UK Where You Can Be Arrested for Taking Family Photographs".<br /><br />That's always good for business during an economic downturn - that plus the smoking ban plus the 4000 other prohibitions and bans for which tourists can be bullied and arrested.<br /><br />Maybe they could capitalize on it as a way of showing people from other countries what it was like living in East Germany - could put up a duplicate of the Berlin Wall, things like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com