Speakers here may talk on any subject, as long as the police consider their speeches lawful, although this right is not restricted to Speakers' Corner only. Contrary to popular belief, there is no immunity from the law, nor are any subjects proscribed, but in practice the police intervene only when they receive a complaint.[1] On some occasions in the past, they have intervened on grounds of profanity.[2]
Though Hyde Park Speakers' Corner is considered the paved area closest to Marble Arch,[3] legally the public speaking area extends beyond the Reform Tree and covers a large area from Marble Arch to Victoria Gate, then along the Serpentine to Hyde Park Corner and the Broad Walk running from Hyde Park Corner to Marble Arch.[4]
Public riots broke out in the park in 1855, in protest over the Sunday Trading Bill, which forbade buying and selling on a Sunday, the only day working people had off. The riots were rather optimistically described by Karl Marx as "the beginning of the English revolution".[5]
The Chartist movement used Hyde Park as a point of assembly for popular protests, but no permanent speaking location was established. The Reform League organised a massive demonstration in 1866 and then again in 1867, which compelled the government to extend the franchise to include most working-class men.[citation needed]
Speakers' Corner is often held up to demonstrate freedom of speech, as anyone can turn up unannounced and talk on almost any subject, although always at the risk of being heckled by regulars. The corner was frequented by Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin,[6] George Orwell, C. L. R. James, Walter Rodney, Ben Tillett, Marcus Garvey, Kwame Nkrumah, and William Morris.[7]
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Has Fred been turned by his arch nemesis Gonk?
From being his most hated enemy, Fred’s recent bizarre practice of starting a variety of threads on disjointed subjects seems to be the work of someone working on Gonk’s behalf to bring down 440.
From being his most hated enemy, Fred’s recent bizarre practice of starting a variety of threads on disjointed subjects seems to be the work of someone working on Gonk’s behalf to bring down 440.
Fred has been hacked by Enoch Powell
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Everybody thought Enoch Powell was crazy when he estimated that
Britons would be a minority in their own capital by 2050.
Turns out he grossly underestimated the problem, they've been a minority there since 2001.
Now the people are so brainwash, like the two guest that someone can be stabbed at Speakers Corner and no one bats an eye lid. Speakers Corner is a bastion of British democracy. This should be headline news around the world but isn't.
Shame on you.
Britons would be a minority in their own capital by 2050.
Turns out he grossly underestimated the problem, they've been a minority there since 2001.
Now the people are so brainwash, like the two guest that someone can be stabbed at Speakers Corner and no one bats an eye lid. Speakers Corner is a bastion of British democracy. This should be headline news around the world but isn't.
Shame on you.
Democracy is overrated,Fred Edwards wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 3:04 amSpeakers Corner is a bastion of British democracy. This should be headline news around the world but isn't. Shame on you.
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Fred Edwards wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 3:04 amThis should be headline news around the world but isn't.
Shame on you.
Democracy is not for everybody.squirrel face wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 6:24 amDemocracy is overrated,Fred Edwards wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 3:04 amSpeakers Corner is a bastion of British democracy. This should be headline news around the world but isn't. Shame on you.
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