Know your Rights

Our ever growing nanny state and the interference by our Big Brother Government is one of the most annoying things in my life. Especially when they start interfering with our hobbies and passtimes.

Taking Photographs is enjoyed by millions of people in the UK. Whether as a casual snapper photographing a birthday party or a skilled amateur who enjoys their hobby, photography is a wonderfully creative passtime. And absolutely harmless.

Why, therefore, has Big Brother and their relative, The Bill'', decided that we can no longer enjoy this passtime with the freedom we should?

Under the thinly guised act referred to as Section 44 (of the terrorism act 2000 ) 'The Bill' seem to want to stop us taking photographs of public place, monuments and even our children.

I could rant on for ages about this one but all I want to say is

'Get to know your rights'

From what I can establish, and many others have supported; In the UK, you are free to take a photograph of anything that you can see with your eye. If you are stopped and told by The Bill, or another no good doer trying to exercise 'their rights' gently, but firmly remind them of yours.