{"id":360,"date":"2005-07-29T12:40:55","date_gmt":"2005-07-29T11:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/?p=360"},"modified":"2005-08-05T14:33:43","modified_gmt":"2005-08-05T13:33:43","slug":"why-you-shouldnt-rush-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/07\/29\/why-you-shouldnt-rush-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"Why you shouldn&#8217;t rush legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The law introduced to stop Brian Haw protesting outside Parliament will affect everyone except him, <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/england\/london\/4725907.stm\">the High Court has ruled<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation requires potential protesters to seek permission before starting a protest within a defined area around Westminster, but Haw&#8217;s protest has already started. The law comes into force on Monday 1 August, so presumably anyone else launching a protest now would also be exempt.<\/p>\n<p>Something to do this weekend perhaps&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The law introduced to stop Brian Haw protesting outside Parliament will affect everyone except him, the High Court has ruled. The legislation requires potential protesters to seek permission before starting a protest within a defined area around Westminster, but Haw&#8217;s protest has already started. 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