Protest In Waitrose, Ecclesall Road

[RollingJ]

So why haven't the police ejected them - Waitrose must have called them, presumably as they had concerns?

[Pyrotequila]

I thought it might be something Israeli as the only things I could find online about recent protests in Waitrose were about them not wanting people to purchase dates grown in Israel.

 

In the grand scheme of things it's a pretty pointless thing to protest about 🙄

[ECCOnoob]

2 minutes ago, Baron99 said:

Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign, apparently.  They've decided to take the protest to Waitrose for some reason? 

 

It must be the JAFFA Cakes. 

 

These protests have been regularly meeting up just outside The Beer Engine on Cemetery Rd, so Waitrose is about a minute away. 

Oh right you mean similar to this one from early Feb... 

https://www.facebook.com/535920588/videos/1181059989531312/

 

If it is that.  It looks to me like its a bunch of busybody elderly people causing a nuisance and intimidation to their fellow elderly people. 

 

 

[RollingJ]

1 minute ago, Pyrotequila said:

I thought it might be something Israeli as the only things I could find online about recent protests in Waitrose were about them not wanting people to purchase dates grown in Israel.

 

In the grand scheme of things it's a pretty pointless thing to protest about 🙄

Agreed, but some people 'protest' about anything these days - they must lead really boring lives.

[ECCOnoob]

6 minutes ago, RollingJ said:

So why haven't the police ejected them - Waitrose must have called them, presumably as they had concerns?

Not that simple. 

 

Because unfortunately the legal right to peaceful protest remains absolute.   Police can only start removing if there are significant concerns on public health or safety or property damage or deliberate intimidation or blocking of people accessing.  There are further rules on whether a protest is causing  prolonged disruption to the public accessing essential services.    Remember that trespass alone isn't a criminal offence and the police will not usually get involved.  

[RollingJ]

2 minutes ago, ECCOnoob said:

Not that simple. 

 

Because unfortunately the legal right to peaceful protest remains absolute.   Police can only start removing if there are significant concerns on public health or safety or property damage or deliberate intimidation or blocking of people accessing.  There are further rules on whether a protest is causing  prolonged disruption to the public accessing essential services.    Remember that trespass alone isn't a criminal offence and the police will not usually get involved.  

Fair enough - but as the shop is private property, and if the 'protesters' have been asked to leave, and refused, does that not put a different complexion on the situation?

[HeHasRisen]

Bet they wouldnt try the same protest at Asda on t'Cross.

[hackey lad]

6 minutes ago, HeHasRisen said:

Bet they wouldnt try the same protest at Asda on t'Cross.

😃

[The_DADDY]

7 minutes ago, HeHasRisen said:

Bet they wouldnt try the same protest at Asda on t'Cross.

I wish they would though. 

[HeHasRisen]

Its the same as those egg proterstors the other year, they did it at Sainsburys on Archer Road. Pick a nice middle class location and/or supermarket, because they know if they went to one like Asda on t'Cross they would, and I quote another contributor, get a good leathering.