My first TikTok video to make 50k

Posted on 2 November 2021 by admin

This is the first TikTok video to make 50k views since i started

@tash_uk

“it’s not a crime to speak” #arrest #police instant #handcuffs

♬ original sound – tash
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NUJ Scotland welcomes journalists covering COP26 in Glasgow

Posted on 2 November 2021 by admin

01 Nov 2021

https://www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj-scotland-welcomes-journalists-covering-cop26-in-glasgow.html

The union has provided guidance to members covering the conference and climate emergency demonstrations.

The NUJ  has provided advice on reporting public order events, and will continue to support members throughout the fortnight. The union is also working closely with Police Scotland.

If you are not a member of the union, you might like to consider what you will do if you are arrested, or even charged. You can read here how the NUJ recently assisted a photographer member who was arrested unlawfully.

If you wish to talk to a NUJ official about the benefits of union membership,  feel free to contact us on nujscotland@nuj.org.uk

NUJ members covering the climate change conference need to plan accordingly and take appropriate health and safety precautions. Our guidance document gives health and safety tips, advice when dealing with the police and emergency legal numbers to ensure those covering the event feel prepared, safe and supported.

NUJ advice for COP26

Always carry your UK National Press Card (UKPCA)/for Ireland NUJ Press Card in an accessible place and use it to identify yourself. Ensure you are protected by adequate insurance and conduct your own risk assessment before working. Make sure you have your NUJ membership number (not press card number) to hand if you need support from the union or Thompsons solicitors.

Always carry a copy of the NUJ’s and Thompsons solicitors emergency phone number in case you need help. Thompsons operate a 24-hour emergency number for work-related criminal matters. THOMPSONS SOLICITORS SCOTLAND ON 07718 416 084.

The NUJ held a briefing meeting for members and Police Scotland (PS). Steve Smith, head of news PS, said that if journalists become the target of protesters and are assaulted, the police will take action. He said: “If the media wants to report problems with the way police officers have behaved, they should call 01786 896000.”

There will be 10,000 police on operation and will be abiding by Police Scotland rules. Chris Starr, head of communications Police Scotland, said kettling was not used by PS. He said: “Our whole approach is based upon human rights and people’s right to protest and our aim is to be as friendly, open and transparent as possible in our dealings with the press and public.”   PS statement

Police liaison officers can be recognised in their light blue tabards and are there to help facilitate peaceful protests and protect the safety of everyone involved.

Useful info & numbers

Police Scotland (PS) can be contacted on NewsDesk@scotland.pnn.police.uk &  01786 896000.  This is a 24-hour service during COP26. Follow police reports on Twitter @PoliceScotland.  Previous briefings and content published by Police Scotland.  Website for latest news.

Glasgow City Council’s COP26 team has produced a series of bespoke media resources to assist press and broadcasters.

A Destination Media Hub will be at 40 John Street, G1 1JL, within the COP26 host city zone. It will operate daily from 9.00 to 19.00 from Thursday 28 October to Friday 12 November and is open to all COP26 accredited media and non-accredited media on presentation of their bona fide press credentials.

COP26 home page.   Twitter @COP26

Information on roads and rail, follow Transport Scotland @trafficscotland

GetReadyScotland info on traffic, travel and road closures

Glasgow City Council: COP26Media@glasgow.gov.uk 

UK Government:  Cop26media@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

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I think I am probably quite woke, and proud to be so

Posted on 2 November 2021 by admin

My Lords, I think I am probably quite woke, and proud to be so; none the less, I support the broad thrust of the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, subject to a couple of caveats. The first caveat is a slightly light-hearted one. As a serial offender, I gently say to noble Lords and friends across the Committee that the overuse of adjectives named for great writers does not always help the cause of human rights. We have all done it: “Dickensian” for socioeconomic rights and “Orwellian” or even “Kafkaesque” for civil liberties. “Chilling” is similar. In fact, an online wit once said of my overuse of these terms: “That Chakrabarti woman finds everything chilling. She sees refrigerators everywhere.” That is just a gentle point about the way we frame this.

Baroness Chakrabarti,
House of Lords 1st November 2021

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Sudanese protest in Market Square, Nottingham : Stop killing civilians!

Posted on 30 October 2021 by admin

Stop killing civilians! Sudanese security forces shot dead two people Saturday during mass protests against the country’s recent military coup, a doctors’ union said. The shootings came despite repeated appeals by the West to Sudan’s new military rulers to show restraint and allow peaceful protests. Thousands of Sudanese have taken to the streets, where whistles and drums accompany chants of “revolution, revolution” in protest of this week’s coup, which is threatening to derail the country’s fitful transition to democracy. Pro-democracy groups had called for protests across the country to press demands for re-instating a deposed transitional government and releasing senior political figures from detention.

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Anti-Spiking Campaign – protest to Rock City

Posted on 30 October 2021 by admin
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Anti Spiking Campaign protest in Market Square and on to Rock City, Nottingham

Posted on 30 October 2021 by admin

Anti Spiking Campaign protest in Market Square and on to Rock City, Nottingham
Organised by the Club Safe Collective.

A Club Safe Collective spokeswoman said: “The aim is a change of attitude, there is a lot of victim blaming going on and it’s not acceptable.
“We want change in clubs, the Government and people’s views in general. Everyone needs to know that it is not OK.”
The campaigners say bouncers should be better trained, and welfare officers should be introduced in clubs to help people feel safer.

more at …. https://www.facebook.com/tashuk/posts/10158829970416799

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Art Student ‘Rubbish’

Posted on 25 October 2021 by admin
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Travellers : Picture on my main website

Posted on 23 October 2021 by admin

I started taking pictures, at the end of the 70’s. I wanted to communicate something of what it was like to be a young rootless “Traveller”. Because I was one. Many looked at the various examples provided by gypsies here and in Europe; to nomadic people across the world. To try life outside the house in many different ways and to pick and select those means that make life comfortable, easy and meaningful. The ‘bender’, the Indian ‘tipi’, the Moroccan ‘yurt’, the Romany ‘bow top’, the western two-man tent, the truck and the double decker bus. Life on the road in an old £300 1960’s bus, truck or trailer seemed like a bloody good option weighed against the prospect of life on the dole in some dirty city where the only values being espoused by the Tory Government were those of me, me , me and more me – what was a poor boy to do. Five of you – £60 each , forget about the Tax and Insurance, let’s just chuck a few mattresses in the back of the Bella Vega and head for the nearest festival where we will be welcomed. Anarchists, venusians, pikies, pixies, conspiracy fugitives, old school, new school, never been to fucking school – wheeler, dealers – tryers, flyers, out and out liars – saints, sinners – all of them strangers in their own very strange land.
[This set from early 1980’s shot on transparency film, all before digitals].

https://alanlodge.co.uk/index.php/travellers/
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There is a need to dance

Posted on 23 October 2021 by admin

There is a need to dance
There is a need to travel
There is a need to squat
There is a need for protest
There is a need for open spaces
There is a need to celebrate
There is a need for community
There is a need to communicate
There is a need for tolerance

There is a need …….
to be heard

anon

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A little ditty

Posted on 23 October 2021 by admin

In the winter,
Wrap up warm.
Raise your hands
and dance till dawn.
Up amongst the woods and heather,
Party people dance…
Together

Lex, Leicester

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The object of a modern police force

Posted on 23 October 2021 by admin

It is the object of a modern police force, to help create a society in which they are no longer necessary

Sir Robert Mark, 

Metropolitan Police Commissioner

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The Last Nomads

Posted on 22 October 2021 by admin

A film about the Drive to Survive Campaign to stop the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill eradicating Gypsy and Traveller nomadic life in Britain. Made by Daniel Gonzales Franco and Dominic Watters in cooperation with the Drive to Survive campaign.
Jake Bowers

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COP26: advice for NUJ members

Posted on 21 October 2021 by admin

The union has published guidance, health and safety tips and emergency legal numbers for those covering the climate change climate in Glasgow.

NUJ members covering the climate change conference need to plan accordingly and take appropriate health and safety precautions.

The union will always stand firm for the right of bona-fide newsgatherers to do their jobs without fear of threats to their well-being.  Our guidance document gives  health and safety tips,  advice when dealing with the police and emergency legal numbers to ensure those covering the event feel prepared, safe and supported.


Always carry your UK National Press Card (UKPCA)/for Ireland NUJ Press Card in an accessible place and use it to identify yourself. Ensure you are protected by adequate insurance and conduct your own risk assessment before working. Make sure you have your NUJ membership number (not press card number) to hand if you need support from the union or Thompsons solicitors.

Carry a copy of the NUJ’s and Thompsons solicitors emergency phone number in case you need help. Thompsons operate a 24-hour emergency  number for work-related criminal matters. THOMPSONS SOLICITORS SCOTLAND ON 07718 416 084. 

Members can also call this number if there are difficulties with police officers, such as being kettled along with protestors: 01786 896000.

There will be a briefing for journalists/news gathers with Police Scotland, for those covering COP26 on Thursday 21 October at 14.00. If you will be covering COP26 and wish to participate contact davida@nuj.org.uk

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NUJ Photographer Andy Aitchison receives an apology from Kent Police

Posted on 21 October 2021 by admin

He received a full apology from the Chief Constable of Kent Police, Alan Pughsley, which includes admissions that Mr Aitchison’s arrest, the search of his property and the imposition of bail conditions and Fixed Penalty Notice were all unlawful. 

Andy Aitchison was arrested at his home on 28 January 2021 on suspicion of criminal damage hours after he had taken and shared photographs of activists demonstrating against conditions at Napier Barracks. Officers searched his family home and seized his mobile phone and memory card from his camera.

He  was then held in custody for over five hours before he was released with bail conditions which prohibited him from going near Napier Barracks. A week after the arrest the case  was dropped, however a week later he was issued with a Fixed Penalty Notice. This was only withdrawn after his lawyers threatened legal proceedings. 

Lawyers representing  Andy Aitchison then sent a pre-action letter of claim for damages and an apology arising from this course of events.

In a headed letter from Kent Police, Alan Pughsley said:

 “Further to the damages received by Mr Aitchison in compensation, I apologise unreservedly to him for his unlawful arrest, false imprisonment and breach of his human rights. I expressly acknowledge there was no culpability on the part of Mr Aitchison who was performing an important function publicising the protest in the public interest. I recognise the fundamental importance of free speech and the independent of journalists; I accept they should not be at risk of arrest and of having their equipment seized when acting lawfully in reporting matters of public interest.”

He said of the Fixed Penalty Notice, “there were no grounds for suspecting breach of public health regulations in force… given that Mr Aitchison was properly engaged in journalistic activity”.

Andy Aitchison said:

“I am relieved that this situation is now over and would like to thank the NUJ, in particular their Legal Department who has supported me throughout. I am lucky to have had excellent representation from Bindmans LLP and would also like to thank them for all their support and hard work.
 
“This feels like a very important outcome, that the police have acknowledged that photographers and journalists have a right to work. We must be able to work without fear of arrest and freedom to independently report on events. It is vital to our democracy that we are able to report on all issues, especially if they are politically sensitive.
 
“I hope that Kent Police have learnt from this situation and will work hard to ensure that this does not happen to any other official journalists. 
 
“It was a stressful and totally unnecessary experience to go through, both professionally,  and personally, not knowing what impact this could have on my work, and how distressing it was for my children to have to witness the whole thing. 
 
“I would like to thank everyone who supported me during this challenging time, it has made a significant difference throughout. 

National Union of Journalists said:

“The National Union of Journalists is thankful to Bindmans solicitors in representing our member, Andy, in what has been a very difficult and stressful time.  We are delighted with the outcome, in particular the acknowledgment by Kent Police that journalists should not be prevented from carrying out their jobs.  A victory for journalism and journalists.”

Rachel Harger of Bindmans said:

“Andy should never have faced criminal charges for reporting on a demonstration in his capacity as a freelance photographer and I am relieved that the Chief Constable of Kent Police has accepted this and acknowledged the fundamental importance of freedom of speech and that journalists should not be at risk of arrest or having their equipment seized whilst reporting on events.”

https://www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj-photographer-andy-aitchison-receives-an-apology-from-kent-police.html

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Jeremy Deller flow diagram – Acid House Vs Brass band.

Posted on 20 October 2021 by admin
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Jeremy Deller flow diagram – Acid House Vs Brass band.

Posted on 20 October 2021 by admin
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Everybody In The Place – An Incomplete History of Britain 1984 -1992 by Jeremy Deller

Posted on 20 October 2021 by admin

Some of my piccys from 42:49mins

Originally aired on BBC Four 2nd August 2019 – an excellent acid house documentary by Jeremy Deller. Acid house is often portrayed as a movement that came out of the blue, inspired by little more than a handful of London-based DJs discovering ecstasy on a 1987 holiday to Ibiza. In truth, the explosion of acid house and rave in the UK was a reaction to a much wider and deeper set of fault lines in British culture, stretching from the heart of the city to the furthest reaches of the countryside, cutting across previously impregnable boundaries of class, identity and geography. With Everybody in the Place, the Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller upturns popular notions of rave and acid house, situating them at the very centre of the seismic social changes that reshaped 1980s Britain. Rare and unseen archive materials map the journey from protest movements to abandoned warehouse raves, the white heat of industry bleeding into the chaotic release of the dancefloor. We join an A-level politics class as they discover these stories for the first time, viewing the story of acid house from the perspective of a generation for whom it is already ancient history. We see how rave culture owes as much to the Battle of Orgreave and the underground gay clubs of Chicago as it does to shifts in musical style: not merely a cultural gesture, but the fulcrum for a generational shift in British identity, linking industrial histories and radical action to the wider expanses of a post-industrial future.

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‘Know Your Rights’ – Nottingham Youth Commission’s Stop and Search Film

Posted on 20 October 2021 by admin

This is a much more ‘fluffy’ version from Nottinghamshire Police. I have quite a wide experience of policing ….. and I have never seen it done, quite like this.

‘Know Your Rights’ is a film, produced by Nottinghamshire Youth Commission in connection with Leaders Unlocked, Nottinghamshire Police and Nottinghamshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner Paddy Tipping, in order to inform people about their rights when they are stopped by the police and are searched. The film is going to be used by different youth groups, colleges, universities, secondary schools and other services, in order to teach young people about their rights when they are stopped and searched, and about what they are allowed to do. The film is also going to be distributed across the rest of the police forces in the UK, for them to use.

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police stop and search, Y-Stop part 1 | Short Film

Posted on 20 October 2021 by admin

Y-Stop highlights your rights and vital skills needed to handle police stop and search scenarios. Y-Stop is a collaboration between young people, charities, lawyers, community and media organisations. It is run by Release in partnership with Fully Focused and StopWatch. Directed by Teddy Nygh Screenplay by Courttia Newland Cast in order of appearance: Sonny Green (River City) Danielle Vitalis (Youngers and Attack the Block) Percelle Ascott (Mandem on the Wall and Youngers) Indra Ove (Resident Evil and The Fifth Element) Chris Streeks Ricky Groves (Eastenders) Nick Nevern (Hooligan Factory & Rise and Fall of a White Collar Hooligan) Tony Fadil Ben Hood

Part 2

-Stop is a collaboration between young people, charities, lawyers, community and media organisations. It is run by Release in partnership with Fully Focused and StopWatch. Directed by Teddy Nygh Screenplay by Courttia Newland Cast in order of appearance: Sonny Green (River City) Danielle Vitalis (Youngers and Attack the Block) Percelle Ascott (Mandem on the Wall and Youngers) Indra Ove (Resident Evil and The Fifth Element) Chris Streeks Ricky Groves (Eastenders) Nick Nevern (Hooligan Factory & Rise and Fall of a White Collar Hooligan) Tony Fadil Ben Hood

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Arrest in Market Square. Nottingham

Posted on 18 October 2021 by admin

Difficulties faced by an officer… deployed on his own. BUT … I was interested in the officers first approach. Not a word was said. Not questioned what’s what … before immediately getting out the handcuffs. Thus it seems to me, escalating the situation un-necessarily.

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