One out of Bed, Three from the Canteen..

Have you heard of Carmarthen County Council? Nope? Well, as the devil said to the damned, ye ken noo. A blogger called Jacqui Thomson fell foul of the aforesaid council, for filming an angry debate on the closure of an elderly day care club on her mobile phone. She was asked to stop filming and when she wouldn't, four, yes four policemen were sent to arrest her. You never know with these bloggers after all; they're fiends with subordinate clauses and semi colons..

She was handcuffed and kept in a cell for two hours, after which time she was asked to sign an undertaking not to film any more meetings. Joking apart, this is outrageous. This is a public meeting; she was not causing disruption or danger to anyone. And where on earth do you rustle up four police these days to arrest one person? As one commentor said on the Telegraph article,' It'll be one policeman out of bed and three from the canteen. The overtime charge'll be enormous.'

Jacqui's Thomson's blog is here. I've joined her followers in support. I recommend that everyone does the same, because otherwise this will come to us all. With thanks to Dr Grumble for the story.