Dear Ms May
I saw in the paper today that the Home Office is drawing up plans designed to deter long term protests during the London Olympics next summer.
Why does this Government - working through your Office - seem increasingly determined to limit the rights of the British Population to exercise their democratic right to protest? Several (in fact a large majority) of the countries attending the Olympics have also been experienced demonstrations and protests in this last year, some of which have been quelled in quite a violent manner. Surely the United Kingdom should be taking the Olympics as an opportunity to showcase not only our sporting prowess but also are belief in a person's right to speak their mind and voice their opinion. We should not sweep it under the rug.
As someone who voted for your party at the last election, I am growing increasingly concerned about how this new suggestion coupled with comments you made in a recent edition of Question Time about how your department was looking into ways to "deal with" protesters suggests a draconian and Stalinesque attitude towards people's freedoms at the Home Office under your supervision. Surely the Government is here to protect our freedoms, not curtail them?
Please respond promptly and put my fears to rest.
Yours
William Davie
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