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Originally Posted by Livia
Protests held inside the Commons are never allowed to be filmed. I don't see why this one should simply because the protesters are disabled.
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I agree that they shouldn't get preferential treatment on the grounds of being disabled, but in my opinion, it's nonsensical and undemocratic that ANY protest "isn't allowed" to be filmed. No matter which way I look at it, it's selective reporting and misleading to "ignore" such events that are very much in the public interest. It's allowing people, in a supposed democracy, to cast their votes with only access to what "they" want us to see. To me, that's manipulation.
All that said, though, I too am slightly confused as to why they're protesting against the PIP cuts that it seems have already been scrapped. I can only think that this was planned beforehand, and they've decided to just go ahead with it anyway?
