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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to stop the crack down on photographers in public places. More details

Submitted by steven bousfield – Deadline to sign up by: 25 June 2009 – Signatures: 102

More details from petition creator

With events of 9/11 and even our own bombings a few years ago, there seems to be an increasing vigilante mob in official jobs stopping, and searching people who photograph anything in a public place. This has lead to the enjoyment of many who watch trains, buses, planes, boats etc loose there freedom in this country to take pictures for there own enjoyment. This in turn had lead the authorities to label these people as "Peadophiles" and "terrorists" by the authority. I urge the government to make it clearer to the authorities how to use there powers of stop and search ,and the law reguarding photographs within this country and that people who are very open about there actions have no intention to harm anyone. Law inforcement authorities are using the blanket label that everyone is going to plan an attack on this country and therfor even the tourist to this country falls into this category. Continuation like this will help loose the UK there tourist trade, and the country for its own residents is becoming more a communist state not allowing anyone the freedom to take up there hobbys.

Current signatories

steven bousfield, the Petition Creator, joined by:

  • L MacDonald
  • Mark Bowman
  • John Holden (petitions.pm.gov.uk/Thereisnogod)
  • J RICHARDS
  • Mike Haseler
  • Ian Kirby
  • Lee Bumstead
  • Bob Rayner
  • Ant Poulton
  • Kevin Bennett
  • Drew Lucas
  • Tom Dimmock
  • john webb
  • Rob White
  • Peter Clack
  • Amy Rawe
  • Steve Cain
  • Derek Crunkhorn
  • G W PARRY
  • Terry S
  • June Griffin
  • Alan Becker
  • Alan Beresford
  • J & JH Corlett
  • John Larner
  • JJ
  • G H C Eaton
  • Alan Simpkins
  • jon wiliams
  • Amy-rose
  • Steve Nesworthy
  • ruth bowyer
  • Richard Hill
  • Hedwig Hegtermans
  • Chris Bullock
  • Raymond McFadyen
  • Fiona Mckinlay
  • Jamie Buchanan
  • Simon Jerram
  • Steven Gore
  • Richard Cottrell
  • Suzanne Spicer
  • Ben Jennings
  • James Paice
  • ruth hanson
  • John Annan
  • ian johnson
  • Michael Gordon
  • Karen Lawrinson
  • JOHN HITCHMOUGH
  • James Smith
  • Lawrence Dudley
  • Steve Cleega
  • Ian Seddon
  • M Logan
  • trudy furini
  • Catherine Leecy
  • Ian Buckland
  • d carberry
  • George P. McDonald
  • David Palmar
  • Will O'Mailley
  • Martin Cowgill
  • George Kelman
  • Tamara Evans Braun
  • Simon Garrett
  • Brendan Howard
  • Edmund Stephen-Smith
  • elaine springall
  • T. Milrose
  • David Hilton
  • Peter Nicholls
  • Janice Gunnell
  • Phil Barton
  • Richard Turner
  • Alistair Gunn
  • Michael Summers
  • Peter Ogg
  • H G Shaw
  • Tristan Miles (petitions.number10.gov.uk/townhall)
  • a alm
  • Dennis Fullwood
  • Francisco De Freitas
  • Roger Hockney
  • Victor Gavin
  • David Oxford
  • Beverley Allen
  • Elliot Dwight
  • Andrew Hall
  • Julian Hawksworth
  • Adam Casey
  • Michelle Taylor
  • Kirstie Logan
  • Andrew Hamm
  • Stuart Fyfe
  • haley kim faulkner
  • Tom Tamplin
  • David Hughes
  • Trevor Lock
  • PETER HOWARD
  • Mick Barber

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