Officers tried to close his regular demonstration near Parliament and seized his equipment as protest laws came into force on Tuesday. Bray told reporters he had ordered new amplifiers to make his protests even louder and thought of walking around Westminster Palace in a hurry. The former Liberal Democrat candidate said officers had threatened to recapture his booster. But on Wednesday, his protest was to play the 1975 Bye Bye Baby Bay City Rollers song “bye bye Boris”. Bray, a former full-time currency trader protesting with the help of co-financed donations, posted a video on Twitter showing officers approaching him near Parliament Square on Tuesday. His sound system was confiscated. How Steve Bray cuts live television with placards, flags and voices – video The law on police, crime, penalties and courts, which came into force on Tuesday, introduces an offense of deliberate or reckless provocation, in a bid to quell riotous riots such as those used by climate activists. . Bray said he intended to disembark from a traffic island on the sidewalk across the street after police showed him a map of the designated area where noisy demonstrations are prohibited by law. “I have more amplifiers to order and I will connect four amplifiers together, not this week, maybe next week, and it will be twice as powerful as it was here to compensate for the corner movement.” he told PA Media. “Actually, I will connect eight together.” He said he thought of taking a walk in Parliament Square in a hurry to avoid having his amplifier confiscated by police again. “I may put it on my back, but it ‘s heavy, or I’m getting on a bike. We will have a rickshaw and we will have a little talk “. Metropolitan Police said Bray’s equipment was confiscated under Section 145 of the Police Responsibility Social Security Act of 2011, which gives it the power to seize items used for prohibited activities in Parliament Square. This includes the operation of amplified audio equipment in the controlled area.
