Very interesting what can happen when you remove the bureaucracy and let people organise something themselves.

Just let's hope Devon and Cornwall Police don't get in on the act at Sidmouth. Local papers (and some elsewhere) have featured the story of how they sent over 10 officers some armed with video cameras to record possible 'race relations' violations at a 'Darkie Days' event in Padstow, Cornwall. The possible 'crime' was that, following a long tradition connected with the end of the slave trade, locals black up their faces in a procession with song and dance - was this a violation of the PC race relations industry? The CPS thought not, and there have been acres of newsprint. I'll put some of it on SeeRed when I have time. It was another example of why local people with local traditions (in this case going back to the 1900s) should be left alone by the busybodies and PC Health of the Nation monitors. Devon and Cornwall Police were their usual arrogant selves in responding to criticism - including from local MPs.