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 On 14:39  2 Nov 2025, Jethro_uk said: 
  
 > On Sun, 02 Nov 2025 13:43:15 +0000, Jeff Gaines wrote: 
 > 
 >> I have just seen this on Facebook, supposed to be a quote from the 
 >> judge's summing up in the Stonehenge Just Stop Oil case: 
 >> 
 >> ”If individuals disagree with what our Government is doing on 
 >> certain matters they are entitled to protest about the Government's 
 >> actions or inactions," he said. 
 >> "There are times when protecting the right to freedom of speech and 
 >> freedom to protest can mean that activity that would otherwise be 
 >> unlawful would be regarded as lawful by the court to protect those 
 >> rights," he added.” 
 >> 
 >> That seems quite interesting, especially in the context of the 500 
 >> odd people charged with supporting Palestine Action? 
 > 
 > It does. And it underscores that there is a presumption of basic 
 > rights that underpins any pretence of justice regardless of laws, 
 > acts, treaties or otherwise. 
 > 
 > I would be curious to know how many times (if at all) a defendant has 
 > been acquitted because a court found a law to be in conflict with 
 > common- law rights. Because common law grants rights as well as 
 > removing them. 
  
 On the other hand, "outraging public decency" might apply in this case and 
 is also covered by Common Law. 
  
  
  
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