Anti Brexit man silenced

Joseanne

Does he not have a proper job? He's only early 50s. How does he find the time?

My thoughts too.

Did anyone see the clip on Twitter of the French Police with the Protester who stuck his hands to the Road? Ouch not gentle.

He's a former soldier. Perhaps he's retired.

Remember the images of brave Russians in Moscow protesting against the invasion of Ukraine - they were rounded up and arrested. Disagree with the government; go out on streets and voice your disagreement; get arrested!

Joseanne

Does he not have a proper job? He's only early 50s. How does he find the time?

I read (somewhere) that the Remain campaigners - or Rejoiners or whatever - funded him & his loudhailer Joseanne.if I remember rightly he lives in South Wales.

Here he is.
Steve Bray. (Quite an apt surname when you think about it).

He isn’t just protesting about brexit now, though. He’s protesting about having a lying corrupt government. As has been pointed out a man is banned from protesting outside a parliament that has voted to break international law ( at least one Conservative MP has said he agreed it was breaking international law but voted for it anyway). Andrea Leadsome said his protest was violent. You will never meet a less violent man than Steve. Although he did defend Anna Soubry one day when the police didn’t seem to be bothered….and how come the noise Steve makes annoys the Met police who turned a blind eye ( or deaf ear) to what was happening in No 10.

???Thank you MayBe

It was his amplifiers that were removed, not his megaphone.

Sadly for those who think he's a lone voice he has thousands of followers on twitter (and no doubt elsewhere) and his crowdfunder to help pay for any legal costs has gone through the roof in the space of 24 hours.

He's not annoyin' every one

Intrusive noise is something that can make life a misery so I applaud anything that stops that happening. We still have the privilege of free speech but we do not have the right to endlessly irritate everyone in the vicinity.

Chestnut

Intrusive noise is something that can make life a misery so I applaud anything that stops that happening. We still have the privilege of free speech but we do not have the right to endlessly irritate everyone in the vicinity.

Well said.

Spot on Chestnut. And ‘making a lot of noise’ isn’t necessarily literally being noisy.

MayBee70

He isn’t just protesting about brexit now, though. He’s protesting about having a lying corrupt government. As has been pointed out a man is banned from protesting outside a parliament that has voted to break international law ( at least one Conservative MP has said he agreed it was breaking international law but voted for it anyway). Andrea Leadsome said his protest was violent. You will never meet a less violent man than Steve. Although he did defend Anna Soubry one day when the police didn’t seem to be bothered….and how come the noise Steve makes annoys the Met police who turned a blind eye ( or deaf ear) to what was happening in No 10.

Hear hear!

Andrea Leadsom really is silly but I don't expect much else from her - I've been near him many times and he's very amiable, and inventive

He can protest all he likes but did anyone really take any notice of him?

He has no spark, there's nothing exciting about his voice, he is like a magnolia-painted wall now - just utterly, utterly boring.

Andrea Leadsom saying he was violent was an outright lie.

Steve Bray does have a proper job - it is to protest against the appalling unpatriotic Putin supported Brexit which has done so much damage to our country.

Steve Bray is a patriot, unlike those who knowingly or unknowingly inflicted this damage on us.

His work of protesting against Brexit is crowdfunded by patriots.

The majority of UK citizens are now realising how much damage the lying Leave campaign, led by Boris Joihnson and supported by Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and Marine le Pen, has done to our country.

Varian couldn’t agree more! ???

Agree Calli he’s like wallpaper now. I’m adept at zoning out when he’s mouthing off in the background. Even when he had his amplifiers.

The irony is that this action was to stop noisy protest outside of parliament whilst inside we have tolerate a boorish mob of men guffawing, jeering and shouting down Angela Rayner. (And winking at her, but that's another story)

The MPs trying to stop noisy protest are doing so because they recognise its power, which they use themselves to great effect.

Seeing Steve on tv gives me faith that there are actually still some decent people out there. One of my friends travelled down to meet him yesterday and I wish I could have gone with her.

This action was to stoke the flames of the Conservatives' culture war. Steve Bray has been turned into a hero for some and a symbol of derision for the anti-woke brigade. Opinion is polarised and people are divided, which is precisely what Conservatives want.

Why isn’t anything done to stop anti social noise like those with truly noisy neighbours or those people who drive with their music blaring so everyone can hear it- or is it just those with a political message they want to silence?

growstuff

This action was to stoke the flames of the Conservatives' culture war. Steve Bray has been turned into a hero for some and a symbol of derision for the anti-woke brigade. Opinion is polarised and people are divided, which is precisely what Conservatives want.

This! Exactly.

i feel inclined to take him a pack if strepsils, or fisherman's friend, to help with the sore throat he's liable to get if he has to shout.
this man is indeed a hero, reminding us that we have a voice and we can use it. personally i miss the days, way back when, when people would protest against everything they disagreed with instead of just moaning on a virtual medium.

I feel inclined to take him a pack if strepsils, or fisherman's friend, to help with the sore throat he's liable to get
I'm surprised he still has a voice with all the pollen this year.

I can’t do a link but there’s nothing new about what Steve is doing. Check out Mary Maloney!

I don't care what his message is. No-one is entitled to assault our eardrums with a megaphone and contribute to the stress and anxiety most people in London must feel already.