Petition the UK Government!
I’m all for petitions in an effort to try and get stuff done. Recently, the UK government introduced an on-line petitioning system, which seems to be working really well. In fact, the currently on-going petition to stop the introduction of progressive road taxing in the UK is a smashing success: it’s got a whopping 1,546,226 signatures as I’m writing this.
Of course, photographers in the UK also have things to be disgruntled about, and one crafty photographer decided to set up a petition in an effort to allow photographers some more freedom…
The petition — which can be found here — promotes the following:
There are a number of moves promoting the requirement of ‘ID’ cards to allow photographers to operate in a public place.
It is a fundamental right of a UK citizen to use a camera in a public place, indeed there is no right to privacy when in a public place.
These moves have developed from paranoia and only promote suspicion towards genuine people following their hobby or profession.
Which, quite frankly, doesn’t do much to enlighten me in saying what we’re actually petitioning for, but luckily, the photographer who set up the petition also has a page with more information.
Only UK citizens are allowed to sign the petition, but I’m sure even as a non-UK citizen, that you can leave a comment below if you have any thoughts on the matter :-)
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#1 - February 19th, 2007 at 01:06
somebody watches top gear…. lol
#2 - February 19th, 2007 at 01:10
Matt: I do, indeed, watch Top Gear, but my day job is working for a car magazine, so this is one of the things I keep on top of :)
- Haje
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