Letter from Jenny Jones to protesters at student tuition fees demos of 24th November:
I am a member of the London Assembly and hold the Mayor to account in areas such as transport, London’s environment and policing.
I was at the student demonstrations against tuition fee increases in Whitehall on the 24th November and have spoken publicly about my experiences of the policing of the protests. In order to speak for a wider group, I’d like to hear from people who were demonstrating that day. If you were there, please send me information about the following:
- Which location(s) were you protesting at?
- Can you provide examples of the policing you witnessed, both good and bad?
- Have you been on protests before or was this your first one?
- And, would you join a protest again?
I’ll gather all the replies I receive and put them into an open letter to the Mayor and the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. I want to make sure that they hear the voices of people who were there on the day and get a real sense of how those involved experienced the policing of the protests.
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Please email me on jenny.jones@london.gov.uk
I look forward to hearing from you.
Jenny Jones
Jenny Jones AM
Green Party Group
London Assembly
Jenny Jones is our candidate for London Mayor 2012. For more information on her campaign, please visit www.jennyforlondon.org
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