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I hope no-one minds me posting this here , as it is to me photography related , as I travel around in my old VW campervan .
The Government are trying to bring in a new law to curtail peoples freedom to travel around their own country .
Like many others I have a campervan and like to travel around the country .
Being a photographer I travel to many a remote location and will find a quiet layby or remote carpark to park up in overnight where overnight parking is allowed .
I'm completely self contained in my campervan and always leave a place as I found it ( or even tidier )
If this law came in I could be sent to prison , fined and my van destroyed , just for parking up overnight !
In principle the law does have some merit for the purpose intended , but is badly written , victimising people going about their lawful business .
The idea behind introducing the law is to to make it harder for such as road protesters to set up camp on private land to prevent work going ahead , and so on .
But it will effect thousands of people who live in their vans permanently or for holidays . This doesn't jest effect gypsies invading peoples private land leaving rubbish and filth behind until the police move them on , but people that just travel around in a respectful manner .
For more information , see here ; https://www.euronews.com/travel/202...on-be-criminalised-for-wild-camping-in-the-uk
For those that agree that that people should be allowed to go about doing what they enjoy , or the lifestyle they choose that has no detrimental effect on others , or just to be allowed to live in a free country , please sign the petition below to get the proposed law amended ; https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/583903
If not it's the thin edge of the wedge . What will the Government make illegal next ?
After a year and a half of lockdowns it seems the Government have got a taste for running a Police state and might be getting ready to start a new fascist regime !
Value your freedom , stand-up for your rights , don't let them be eroded away .
Or soon you'll have neither ...
The Government are trying to bring in a new law to curtail peoples freedom to travel around their own country .
Like many others I have a campervan and like to travel around the country .
Being a photographer I travel to many a remote location and will find a quiet layby or remote carpark to park up in overnight where overnight parking is allowed .
I'm completely self contained in my campervan and always leave a place as I found it ( or even tidier )
If this law came in I could be sent to prison , fined and my van destroyed , just for parking up overnight !
In principle the law does have some merit for the purpose intended , but is badly written , victimising people going about their lawful business .
The idea behind introducing the law is to to make it harder for such as road protesters to set up camp on private land to prevent work going ahead , and so on .
But it will effect thousands of people who live in their vans permanently or for holidays . This doesn't jest effect gypsies invading peoples private land leaving rubbish and filth behind until the police move them on , but people that just travel around in a respectful manner .
For more information , see here ; https://www.euronews.com/travel/202...on-be-criminalised-for-wild-camping-in-the-uk
For those that agree that that people should be allowed to go about doing what they enjoy , or the lifestyle they choose that has no detrimental effect on others , or just to be allowed to live in a free country , please sign the petition below to get the proposed law amended ; https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/583903
If not it's the thin edge of the wedge . What will the Government make illegal next ?
After a year and a half of lockdowns it seems the Government have got a taste for running a Police state and might be getting ready to start a new fascist regime !
Value your freedom , stand-up for your rights , don't let them be eroded away .
Or soon you'll have neither ...