Re: Andrew Mitchell - Update : Wed Mar 11, 2015 1:12 pm
Ferocious Aardvark wrote:
Again, what "right" did he have "infringed"? Are you seriously arguing that there is a "right" to have DPG officers open and close heavy vehicular access gates just so Mitchell could avoid dismounting? Really?
On what is that "right" founded? I mean, I have pored the texts all the way back to Magna Carta, but I can't find any mention of any positive obligation for the police to open gates for cyclists. Where is it to be found?
On what is that "right" founded? I mean, I have pored the texts all the way back to Magna Carta, but I can't find any mention of any positive obligation for the police to open gates for cyclists. Where is it to be found?
In fact Mitchell had no right to go through the main gates. He had a right to use the side gate. Which the police officers directed him to during his arrogant "don't you know who I am?" style paddy.
