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Rebel Londone answer
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FAQs
Where do
I go for a good demo nowadays?
It's still
the usual suspects of Hyde Park and Trafalgar Square. Demo organisers
want to be as high profile possible and the two central London
venues are the best bet.
Why has
London never succumbed to a good old popular uprising?
Leaders of
the biggest rebelions down the ages from the Peasants' Revolt
to the Chartist challenge have succumbed rather meekly to the
authorities. Peasant chief Watt Tyler, for example, agreed to
meet the King to discuss things but when he turned up was killed
by His Majesty's sidekicks. Confronted by armed police, Chartist
leaders agreed to hand in a petition instead of marching on Parliament.
Conversely,
smaller scale uprisings have often flopped through lack of organised
leadership.
What constitutes
a riot?
The offence
of riot is set out in Section 1 of the Public Order Act 1986:
"(1) Where
12 or more persons who are present together use or threaten unlawful
violence for a common purpose and the conduct of them taken together
is such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present
at the scene to fear for his personal safety, each of the persons
using unlawful violence for the common purpose is guilty of riot.
(2) It is immaterial whether or not the 12 or more use or threaten
unlawful violence simultaneously.
(3) The common purpose may be inferred from conduct"
What is
the punishment for riot?
Up to ten years'
imprisonment, or an unlimited fine, or both.
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