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Ive signed this and emailed the address, hopefully the petition will make a difference, what else are the government gonna stop us from doing??

Im sure I read somewhere that nearly or maybe more than 3000 new laws had been introduced since labour Government got in,sounds like they may be going for the 4000 mark.

signed and forwarded

Hello everyone,
Clearly I have too much time on my hands! For those of you who read the email I sent recently regarding the petition against restrictions on photography in public places I provide in this email the answers to some obvious questions that you should have asked yourself before signing it. Questions like:
1.’What bill or legislation in parliament is being opposed?’
2.’Who started this petition and why?’
3. What are the current restrictions on photography in public places?’ (for some information that goes some way towards answering this see the attachment)
I feel a bit of a fool for just going to the website and signing the petition. Just because it sounds like a righteous cause it doesn’t mean it’s the right thing to do or even a useful thing to do. It was great fun on the Downing Street site seeing some of the absurd and pointless (like this one) petitions, For example there is one signed by about 60 people proposing that it should be legal for pet shops in the UK to sell elephants.
After a little research here are my answers to the first two questions.
1. There is no bill or legislation being opposed. See this link for exact details from the man who started this e-petition: http://www.phooto.co.uk/rights.shtml
2. Simon Taylor started the petition because, as a semi-pro photographer, he was getting annoyed by some people’s attitudes towards him and his colleagues taking pictures sometimes. Below is an article from the web that tells you more about this and the issues that he has raised.

There is one signed by about 60 people proposing that it should be legal for pet shops in the UK to sell elephants.

Now where can I sign that petition :groucho:

haha reading some of the names on the elephant petition

:laugh_at:
John Merrick (I already have 5)
Michael Cowie (I’m going to use it to commute to work – I’ll show those 4by4s!)