Friday, November 18, 2005


See this shows how much the parades commision is out of touch with the people of northern ireland,even the nationlists would nt object or would they he is british and it could be a ploy from the oo to see how far they can go,
Pudsey is walking into trouble as Children in Need dawns tomorrow.
The long arm of the law is poised to police any Pudsey street demonstrations of charity - with the Parades Commission declaring a number to be illegal.
The Young Unionists have already been stalled in their attempt to fundraise by means of a proposed sponsored charity walk from Belfast's Albertbridge Road to Stormont in aid of CIN.
Now it seems that Pudsey himself could be rerouted. BBC's own fundraising circuit of Broadcasting House the Bog-Eyed Jog, fronted by popular presenter Wendy Austin, could be stuck on the starting blocks.
The early morning event is set to kick off BBC Northern Ireland's Children in Need fundraising marathon at 7am tomorrow and feature live on current affairs flagship programme Good Morning Ulster.
But a spokesman for the Parades Commission said that the "law requires anyone" holding everything from an Easter parade to a bed-push on public ground to notify their intention to both the commission and PSNI.
He confirmed that neither the Young Unionists nor the BBC had done this.
"These are not legally notified events."
A BBC Northern Ireland spokesperson said: "We have liaised with, and sought advice from, all relevant agencies in relation to BBC Children in Need activities being undertaken by BBC Northern Ireland."
But with armchair athletes across the Province, including a News Letter team, currently in training, Parades Commission gave the Pudsey Bear facts.
They say that the Bog-Eyed Jog comes under the legislation.
"No parades have been notified by BBC to the police."
UUP MLAs David McClarty and Michael Copeland have reacted with fury to the news of the grounding of the Young Unionists.
In a joint statement Mr McClarty, the Assembly Chief Whip, and East Belfast MLA Michael Copeland said: "This is political correctness gone mad.
"The tentacles of the Parades Commission now seemingly extend to charity walks.
"What next? Church parades? Will primary school teachers wishing to walk their children to their local leisure centre be required to fill in an 11/1 form?
"This is bad news for everyone in Northern Ireland."
The MLAs also deplored the loss of funds to the annual fundraiser for disadvantaged young people.
"It is a great shame that a worthwhile cause such as Children in Need will now find itself short of money because of this."
well hopefully this goverment body is disbanded soon as they have served there purpose well almost i suppose there still is a orange order and many marchs they can ruin it seems that tratidion counts for nothing with this body

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