Jack Jones
@storiesfromjack.bsky.social
PhD student - protest law (legal geography of protest on highways).
Former professional dancer.
Former professional dancer.
The problem with the currently drafted version of ours is that one woman protest would likely be unlawful, as they would be there for the purpose of persuading the MP to do something. It isnt targetting harmful impact, like the NZ version, but intent.
November 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The problem with the currently drafted version of ours is that one woman protest would likely be unlawful, as they would be there for the purpose of persuading the MP to do something. It isnt targetting harmful impact, like the NZ version, but intent.
They mentioned needing to spray chalk or something off the pavement as qualifiying as damage due to the cost involved, even if the rain would have washed it off later on.
November 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
They mentioned needing to spray chalk or something off the pavement as qualifiying as damage due to the cost involved, even if the rain would have washed it off later on.
They were also charged with s 28(1) of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979, of damaging or destroying an ancient monument without lawful excuse. Possible that no damage was proven, though costs were incurred to remove the starch so difficult to align it with previous case law.
November 1, 2025 at 12:37 AM
They were also charged with s 28(1) of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979, of damaging or destroying an ancient monument without lawful excuse. Possible that no damage was proven, though costs were incurred to remove the starch so difficult to align it with previous case law.
Just pre-ordered! This will be important reading for my PhD thesis, which explores similar issues in relation to public highways.
October 26, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Just pre-ordered! This will be important reading for my PhD thesis, which explores similar issues in relation to public highways.
They should at least be treated as akin to war crimes. We know that some environmental harm is inevitable in day-to-day life, as harm is inevitable in war, but what is being done now is grossly beyond any measure of reason. (Of course setting aside the issue that war is horrendous in of itself).
October 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
They should at least be treated as akin to war crimes. We know that some environmental harm is inevitable in day-to-day life, as harm is inevitable in war, but what is being done now is grossly beyond any measure of reason. (Of course setting aside the issue that war is horrendous in of itself).
Also, the police don't have to arrest the protesters. They have operational discretion over where they allocate their resources, plus of course considerations under the HRA. Undoubtedly they are being put between a rock and a hard place, but arrest still needs to be necessary, not merely convenient.
October 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Also, the police don't have to arrest the protesters. They have operational discretion over where they allocate their resources, plus of course considerations under the HRA. Undoubtedly they are being put between a rock and a hard place, but arrest still needs to be necessary, not merely convenient.
How many of us are studying history anyway?
September 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
How many of us are studying history anyway?
Very likely unworkable as part of a solution, but to me a key difference is the greater likelihood of those using abortion clinics (and seperately of asylum seekers) having experienced and/or experiencing trauma, such that protest may exacerbate mental health issues.
August 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Very likely unworkable as part of a solution, but to me a key difference is the greater likelihood of those using abortion clinics (and seperately of asylum seekers) having experienced and/or experiencing trauma, such that protest may exacerbate mental health issues.
The Judge appeared to think that the protesters were against the unlawful use of the hotel, rather than the mere existence of asylum seekers in the UK. Do they think that if they were moved into lawful local housing instead the protesters would stop? I doubt it.
August 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The Judge appeared to think that the protesters were against the unlawful use of the hotel, rather than the mere existence of asylum seekers in the UK. Do they think that if they were moved into lawful local housing instead the protesters would stop? I doubt it.
It is surely threatening words capable of causing alarm or distress though, which is contrary to s.5 POA 86. Also arguably racially aggravated. If that were a pro-palestine march calling for the deaths of certain social groups, that person would have been arrested in a flash.
August 18, 2025 at 10:54 AM
It is surely threatening words capable of causing alarm or distress though, which is contrary to s.5 POA 86. Also arguably racially aggravated. If that were a pro-palestine march calling for the deaths of certain social groups, that person would have been arrested in a flash.
Imagine if a council applied for an inunction to ban the use of fossil fuels to prevent the disruption of environmental protesters.
August 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Imagine if a council applied for an inunction to ban the use of fossil fuels to prevent the disruption of environmental protesters.