From an amateur photographer’s point of view, the Council Tax protest was a great event to attend. It was a relatively small and certainly non-violent affair, so you could wander freely without any threat to your personal safety. There were also no out-of-bounds areas; usually you need some kind of press pass to get to the best vantage points, but at this protest I was able to rub shoulders with the newspaper guys with their digital SLRs and laptops, who were busy sending their photos back to base almost as soon as they had taken them. I was even able to wander around between the guest speakers and the onlooking crowd, allowing great close-up candids, especially when they started boo-ing the long winded and tedious Scottish speaker :-) Best of all, everyone was more than happy to have their photograph taken - some people had travelled a long way and seemed determined to enjoy the occasion.

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