I was preparing an article on coordinated bullshit in early 2003 when I came across this article that tells its own story. Keep off the grass! David Blunkett was Neo-Labour's Home Secretary at the time.  Keep off the grass: minister bans Hyde Park war protest Jamie WilsonWednesday January 29, 2003 Organisers of a huge anti-war rally yesterday vowed that it would go ahead despite a decision by the culture secretary to ban the event from London's Hyde Park. A spokeswoman for the Stop The War Coalition said it would vigorously contest the decision, taken with the direct authority of Tessa Jowell, to outlaw the event on health and safety grounds.
The manager of the royal parks, Steve Edwards, wrote to the STWC on Monday to say that an emergency liaison team had decided that Hyde Park was not a suitable site for a rally at this time of year because of the condition of the ground and the number of people involved.
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