Says Steve McCarron, Chairman, Worcestershire Commons Association

You have to ask yourselves, why are the police, council and judiciary stepping back. Why was I not fined £500.00, or any of us proactive campaigners fined anything at any time for our misdemeanors?

So there we have it!

It can be done, take on your local junta and come out unscathed. I don't take any of this lightly, far from it but it was immensely enjoyable and as I said to the custody sergeant when he asked me how I would sum up my mood as I was being processed, "buoyant"

After four weeks of bail and investigations, NFA, or, no further action was the result. Bail has been lifted, the case quashed.

You have to ask yourselves, why are the police, council and judiciary stepping back.

Why was I not fined £500.00, or any of us proactive campaigners fined anything at any time for our misdemeanors? You would be right to challenge the ownership of your public space and I would have to disagree with some that say this is an irrelevance and a moribund policy

Does Steve's victory give you the courage to take on your local Council ?
E-mail and tell us what you think.

Says Steve Yandall

Reading between the lines it sounds like congratulations are in order but,on a national level,the establishment denied,yet again,court clarification that NGO's are non compliant with the law.

No action to protect our heritage or the even handed application of the law is moribund or irrelevant as both the law and heritage are building blocks of what we are.The opposite is,in fact true.The action taken is a stance against what we ARE BECOMING.

Autocratic,dictatorial,collusive,lawless and disrespectful of our roots.

Is it any wonder that many lack respect for authority when the implementation and protection of agendas transcends the rule of law,the will of many and basic common sense?

To even undertake such a route implies huge ignorance or a calculation beyond comprehension in our democracy.

In both instances the forfeiture of careers is warranted IF accountability could ever be established within the 'fog' that surrounds every action taken by NGO's. Transparency/localism/Big Society all add up to NOTHING but a MYTH unless political will can cast out this Cancerous imposition of small minds seeking big power!

Well done Steve.I hope you have not got too bad a hangover this morning?

Had you considered an FOI as to the background to the decision to quash?

My full support