The answer is obvious, Ross. You're forcing the topic beyond its boundaries with a red herring.
Or have realised the situation the State was in with the High Court ruling and are now trying to cover up the potential catastrophic results that could have ensued.
An poppy-burning group of extremists was banned last year by order of the Home Secretary, and became a criminal group by definition. The group had not been considered criminal prior to the decision of the home Secretary.
Are you suggesting that there are no sanctions for disobeying a civil law as imposed by a High Court through erroneous interpretation of existing Law made in Parliament?
It can result in prosecution, and the Police being called in to execute a court ruling.
Such as with a home eviction decided in court for failure to pay the mortgage. The Police can be called in to evict the family, even though it was not a criminal case but a civil one!
In this case it would have been persecution, and we can be sure that no court in Britain will ever again compare saying prayers in a council chamber to something illegal.
This is now the Law, Ross.
If we want to say our prayers in the chamber, no-one is going to stop us!
