A good chance for the people to rise up and protest-- ALL the people, not just the folkies!

Picture the poster-- a woeful child's face, holding cotton candy, with the caption "And then they came for me."

Excerpt from the story:

Ministry of clowns threatens circus

So why, you may well ask, is the Department for Culture, Media and Sport apparently determined to cause grave damage to this great tradition? The Licensing Act, which became law last year and takes effect next spring, has within it the means to kill off a large number of British circuses, leaving just the big operations in business.

The reason is that, for the first time, circuses are to be licensed. Moreover, they will have to apply and pay for a separate entertainment licence for every venue they visit. Most circuses perform on up to 40 different sites a year and will need a full premises licence for each one if they are there for four days or more. Depending on the site, each will cost between £100 and £500, which means an individual circus faces a potential annual bill of £20,000.

~Susan