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Absolutely disgraceful. Police shut down Good Friday service in Polish Church, Balham yesterday. “I appreciate that it is Good Friday, and you’d like to worship, but this gathering is unlawful”pic.twitter.com/cEVuZamVdi
Find me a scene that better expresses the worst aspects of modern Britain that a policeman traipsing onto the Sanctuary on the most solemn day of the Christian year threatening people with fines for going to church a day after zero COVID deaths were reported in London.
Lots of people rushing to judge the parish. Here’s the site they were using to regulate numbers and keep within the rules:https://twitter.com/cjdoran1/status/1378302453033107460 …
I’m not anti-lockdown. My view is that policing the COVID regs (which themselves are directly in tension with ECHR fundamental rights) requires sensitivity and proportionality. Don’t tell me that this video shows that. It’s an act of extreme disrespect and ignorance.
Reflecting further, the image of a policeman displacing a priest and proceeding to deliver a homily about the new Common Good - while unknowingly desecrating the Sanctuary - really is a symbol for our times.
How polite though.
£200 is not enough
I’m sure medical staff would agree with the police. Churches aren’t states in states, they must go by the same rules.
Govt guidance says “The number allowed at any service is determined by a risk assessment on the building where it is held.” Question is what did assessment say and did police look at it?
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