Scrap The 696 Form!

The people in Parliament aka The Wasteman Centre have drawn up some new plans to lock the next generation down again.

"The 696 Form compels licensees who wish to hold live music events in 21 London Boroughs to report to the police the names, addresses, aliases and telephone numbers of performers, and most worryingly, the likely ethnicity of their audience. Failure to comply could result in fines or imprisonment. We believe this places unnecessary and frankly Orwellian powers in the hands of the Metropolitan Police, an institution which does not have the best record of racial fairness. The 696 form can only serve to deter the staging of live musical events - a positive form of activity in London and all cities - stifle free expression and quite possible penalise certain genres of music and ethnic audiences. It is an intrusion too far."

As a DJ, I'm pissed off at the prospect of The 696 Form coming into place.

All Soundboys and girls, all raving cru, rise up!

Sign the petition here : http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Scrapthe696/

If they ever pass this then this country is officially FUCKED.

from the Independent :

"..Mr Sharkey has also complained to the Equality and Human Rights Commission that the police appear to be focusing on the music enjoyed by black and Asian teenagers. One of the questions on the form requires the licensee to specify the type of music that will be performed, giving as possible examples "Bashment, R'n'B, Garage". Another question asks, "Is there a particular ethnic group attending?..."

WTF?



GENERATION WISE UP.