LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

A waste of space

Claire Fox takes aim at local authorities for their zealous and bizarre use of Public Space Protection Orders for silencing the necessary noise and bustle of everyday life

In the build-up to the election, the life of the political campaigns often happen on the streets.

While we might despair of the lack of choice between technocratic parties, the public square at least becomes a vibrant cacophony of argument and democratic exchange.

Claire Fox

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