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[Steve Temple]

From the Aberdeen Trades Council:

"Please note that this year there will be no traditional May Day March
down Union Street due to Aberdeen City Council imposing a £2100 charge
for the democratic right to march on our own streets. We will be
campaigning against this outrageous and unfair local taxation on the
right to peacefully march on our own streets so hopefully the right to
march free of charge will be reinstated in time for our anti-racist
and anti-facist March and Rally on St. Andrew's Day later this year."

[AKA the brando]

thats foooking crazy!
so if i walked down union st with a banner or something and shouting about my dislike of shell suits! would i get charged £2100?
madness

[Tubthumper]

You'd probably get as far as Macdonalds before the unwashed tinks gave you a good hiding.

[Shaki]

Originally Posted by Steve Temple

From the Aberdeen Trades Council:

"Please note that this year there will be no traditional May Day March
down Union Street due to Aberdeen City Council imposing a £2100 charge
for the democratic right to march on our own streets. We will be
campaigning against this outrageous and unfair local taxation on the
right to peacefully march on our own streets so hopefully the right to
march free of charge will be reinstated in time for our anti-racist
and anti-facist March and Rally on St. Andrew's Day later this year."

The ideal way to protest would be to promise never to march again unless this ridiculous charge is revoked

[Jim Stax]

I think we can safely say we really live in a democratic society. Not sure what the name for it is but Tony Benn summed it somewhere sometime ago.

Not helpful at all I know.

The current ACC suck and are killing our city

[Cloud]

Originally Posted by Steve Temple

From the Aberdeen Trades Council:

"Please note that this year there will be no traditional May Day March
down Union Street due to Aberdeen City Council imposing a £2100 charge
for the democratic right to march on our own streets. We will be
campaigning against this outrageous and unfair local taxation on the
right to peacefully march on our own streets so hopefully the right to
march free of charge will be reinstated in time for our anti-racist
and anti-facist March and Rally on St. Andrew's Day later this year."

Who pays for the cost of policing such marches? 2100 quid seems fair enough given the disruption to traffic and the costs of looking after the march. ACC are in enough financial trouble without subsidising political movements.

As for the 'democratic right' - does anyone genuinely believe that the goons behind 'anti fascism' and 'anti racism' are interested in democracy?

[AKA the brando]

Originally Posted by Tubthumper

You'd probably get as far as Macdonalds before the unwashed tinks gave you a good hiding.

Aye, your probably right,
would then need to just carry a blow torch and melt the fuckers down
only problem then would be the fine would probably be a little bit more!

[milner]

Originally Posted by Cloud

Who pays for the cost of policing such marches? 2100 quid seems fair enough given the disruption to traffic and the costs of looking after the march. ACC are in enough financial trouble without subsidising political movements.

As for the 'democratic right' - does anyone genuinely believe that the goons behind 'anti fascism' and 'anti racism' are interested in democracy?

exactly! spot on!

[HairyScaryMark]

Originally Posted by Cloud

Who pays for the cost of policing such marches?

As far as I am aware, The Scottish Executive allocates money to local policing authorities who get to decide how to spend it. Aberdeen City Council does not pay for policing.

edit: not sure how accurate my description is but the fact remains that Aberdeen City Council does not pay for policing.
Scottish Executive: Web site currently unavailable.

Originally Posted by Cloud

As for the 'democratic right' - does anyone genuinely believe that the goons behind 'anti fascism' and 'anti racism' are interested in democracy?

Cloud, do you actually try to offend people?

Referring to people as 'goons' becuase they oppose facism and racism in a way that you have not done is hardly fair or balanced. I also wasn't aware this was the theme of the May Day March in Aberdeen.

[Bigsby]

Originally Posted by HairyScaryMark

edit: not sure how accurate my description is but the fact remains that Aberdeen City Council does not pay for policing.
Scottish Executive: Web site currently unavailable.

Happy to clarify how accurate your description is, that is, not at all.

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Councils do indeed pay around 50% of the police's cost, although the vast majority of the councils' budgets come from central government in the first place.