New Times,
New Thinking.

19 December 2012

What powers do the Downing Street police actually have?

The law behind the “Plebgate” row.

By David Allen Green

Everyone has the common law right to use the public highway. 

According to the law books, there is a right for all Her Majesty’s subjects at all seasons of the year freely and at their will to pass and repass the public highway without any let and hindrance.

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