Fwd: [g8-sheffield] Fresh from City council

[dougald hine]

Interview with Jillian will be second item on the Sarah Major prog on
Radio Sheffield - in about 5 minutes time. 88.6/94.7FM

On 6/1/05, @mp <amparo2yo at telefonica.net> wrote:
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> Just arrived back, quickly drafting this succint record (to be amended
> and expanded with properly detailed info, thanks).
> About 50 persons up at the Gallery seconding Jillian at the floor. Two
> female councillors fiercely opposed Jillian's speech for motion,
> seconded by at least three councillors, one of them from Manor Thorpe
> (correct me if wrong), Mr. Ali, who denounced neighbours being recently
> photographed and generally harrassed.
> Jillian's speech was introduced brilliantly by a young woman taking the
> mic on the floor, whose name has slipped my records.
> Briefly, councillors contrary to the motion against G8 argued on the
> lines of "great opportunity for our city, showcase to the world, lots of
> media highlighting city, need for dialogue between countries (democratic
> G8), support government in MPH (quoted several times as argument in
> favour of G8, aiming at reducing debt and poverty in Africa, etc. To the
> ironic proposal of inviting the 77 poorest countries, they replied that
> some of these poor countries were antidemocratic, etc.
> About not consulting the population, not having a full council, no
> reply. About curtailing and clampdown on civil liberties and right to
> protest and dissent: the top authority is Chief constabulatory, S.Y.
> police (whose letter was read by Jillian), the council supports
> particularly (or has agreed on) two acts brought up to restrict
> protests: specifically road closures (several were quoted), section 13
> and section 14 of the Public Order Act (1986, amended 1998), parts A and B.
> Have not checked these yet myself: one relates to processions being
> banned and the other to "trespassing assemblies" by which any
> convergence centre might be taken by storm.
> The word Dissent was used twice at least as noun and verb, right to
> dissent...
>
> OK, later more
>
> amp
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Dougald Hine
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Dougald Hine
46 Alderson Road, Sheffield S2 4UD
(+44)(0)7810 650213