There are calls for Madrid style mass demonstration of people to show solidarity with the victims of the horrible bomb attacks in London last Thursday, and to "stick two fingers up" to terrorism.e.g. another PledgeBank pledge ia gaining rapid support, and has increased its target number of sign ups, after the initial one was met in a single day:
http://www.pledgebank.com/solidarity
"I will at the earliest opportunity, assemble in London in a public demonstration of respect to the victims of the July 7 atrocity, defiance of the murderers who carried it out and solidarity with the people of London but only if 2500 other people will too."
It may be that such a demonstration will not enter the Designated Area, but it would have been traditional to do so, even if the rallying point is Trafalgar Square, or near Kings Cross where the majority of the bomb victims were killed or injured. The London Eye, which is used as the graphic for the pledge above, is within the Designated Area, for no good reason.
It is important to note that even people demonstrating in support of the Government and and the Police and Emergency Services etc. are also coverd by the Designated Area restrictions around Parliament Square, and the need for prior written notification has already had a chilling effect on spontaneous, peaceful, democratic demonstrations.
Most of the good people who are signing up to this pledge are not aware of the restrictions on demonstrations in the Designated Area, or the fact that the law applies to them as individuals and also as a group.
It is not just anti Government policy demonstrations which are affected by the disproportionate and draconian Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 legislation, everyone is affected, and this law must be changed.