The Birmingham police are seeking to ban the demonstration at the Tory Party Conference on 3 October called by the Right To Work Campaign. This is a significant attack on the right to protest.
The protest organisers call on labour movement people to sign a "reinstate our right to protest at the Tory Party conference" statement online here.
Recent signatories include:
Ed Balls MP
Katy Clark MP
John McDonnell MP
Jeremy Corbyn MP
Mark Serwotka PCS general secretary
Jeremy Dear NUJ general secretary
Billy Hayes CWU general secretary
Tony Kearns CWU senior deputy general secretary
Len McCluskey Unite deputy general secretary