Jonathanjk’s Weblog

I’m always interested in photographers rights here in the UK and across the world.  Here are a few interesting links:

• Who’s a Journalist, Who isn’t? –  ‘On Monday Commander Broadhurst, head of public order at the Metropolitan Police spoke at the NUJ Photographers Conference and with all the events over the past few years he received a rather frosty response from those there.  The Commander was heckled off the platform as he began to question the legitimacy of those carrying press cards. He asked in his speech, probably rhetorically but received some very pointed answers’. (It is a short article with 2 interesting audio clips from the discussion.)
• The man who beat Big Brother: Police told they can’t keep pictures of arms trade activist.
• Why has policing in Britain gone so mad?