It's often said that in the U.S. you can do anything until someone says you can't, but in Britain you can't do anything until someone says you can.

When we give up our freedoms and liberties for the sake of security we lose both.

How little freedom we have, highlighted by people like Ron Liddle,

I often find that a good firm "Piss off" often works well.

Rod, why have you not got your own TV Channel? Such a professional approach to Little Britain.

That was so funny when he put that fluoro top on to guide people onto the the other side of the pavement. We are really all just sheep aren't we!

Nice one, Mr Liddle

I like this stuff. Why am I only getting it fed to me by KZfaq six years later?

Rod Liddle is my favourite journalist. I admire his ability to laugh at current madnesses, while I risk heart attacks when i consider the same things. I hope that they (those in power) never succeed in censoring him; if they do I will leave the country.

This is why I love the work of auditors, I know some are OTT but it's essential work IMO.

Westminster we own it, anything public we own it so yes we can film in any public place its ours understand dummies.

At the end of the video the Police/PCSO have no jurisdiction in this mater. It is a civil mater not criminal. They should only be there to make sure that they "Keep the Peace".

Five years on and it's worse.

you do not need permission to film on public property PERIOD. If you read legislation, it is in an of itself unlawful to restrict the filming of anyone on public space for any reason.

Why is gardener worried about permission ? Is he KGB ?

Keep up the good work rod follow your column all the time

Even more relevant today, plus you would need a mask or risk being arrested

You should organize a flash mob with cameras 😁

Well done and well said . You Sir are a 'gentleman and an honest patriot Sir' .

This stuff is an appalling attack on the rights of the public, but don't blame these people in yellow jackets. They're called "jobsworths" for a good reason. You can't expect them to risk losing their jobs just by doing what they've been told to do. Blame the arseholes in management who make these stupid, fascistic rules.

One of the reasons I buy the Sunday Times is to enjoy Rod’s comments. He was once the editor of the morning BBC radio show the Today programme, on radio four. Very sharp bloke.

I love the post-asking blurring of faces. And that they kept in everything before that.

"They all did what they were told." How terrible, terrible sad. Thank you for this post.

well, bloody done love your approach.

Jobsworth. My favourite word in the english language, perfectly describes and shames little people with no authority.

Westminster parks policy Simple filming involving handheld equipment only, maximum 5 people No application required

you really should do a series of these. I the future people will look back on this in utter disbelief and amazement. "I am a British Citizen" ......... Comrade.

Thank god we have ppl like Rod L!

7:30 "That's the policy". Policy cannot overrule the law.

Brilliant video.

Thanks for sharing this instant sub

5.35, if he's a 'British national' then I'm from mars!

Keep those cameras! It's for everybody's Safety and Freedom including those guys in fluorescence jackets. From the US of A. Thanks for this post. It's important.

Even if it's a camera on a tripod, you are still allowed to film and photograph as long as you are on public land. Unfortunately the jobsworths rarely know this.

Simply excellent by Rod:

did notice in your video you had a normal staff member if he said he was security ask for his SIA licence by law he has to have it on show the same as the police and if he doesn't have one it's a £5,000 fine and 6 months in prison

Love him!

Tourists can film The Queens home Buckingham palace and the Guardsmen and police, but some nurses comes to say you can’t use a tripod or take a picture of a council office.

I enjoyed that well done

Believe you me mate, in many years to come . You will have to have a pass to go from one City to another. Also you can film anywhere in Public and film any building that you can see from a public place.

I like how when the yellowcoat first turns up, you can see his face, then its blanked out for "place reason here". a friend of mine once told me, if your gonna get filmed in every aspect of your life, give them something interesting to film. I like the idea of hosting a BDSM orgy in my front room with dwarfs, with the curtains wide open. haha

The bloke in the green top British Citizen my arse lol

Nice one, Rodders

It seems to be the creeping advance of the Napoleonic/european dictum "you can do anything that is permitted" rather than the British version "You can do anything that isn't banned"

Should have told him he needs permission to talk to you

Good luck with "Taking Back Control"

I love him so much. Only RL would dress up and make people do stupid things to make himself happy

Yessssss Rod keep it up lad

Brilliant

It's like you're living in the world of A Clockwork Orange

so funny and illuminating

Who is the dwarf with the glass earring, and lisp, Lol.

Rod Liddle's definitely got issues... issues of Top Gear magazine!

That's it - I'm getting a yellow jacket. You get to do all kinds of stuff when you've got a yellow jacket.

Rod is so good looking...

Let's just say nooo enough is enough

Hi Mark, totally agree with you - we have the same power-tripping-petty-control-freaks in abundance in Australia. Usually in the employ of our local councils, armed to the teeth with local by-laws and the power to issue expensive fines which rapidly multiply in cost if you ignore them. By the way your work looks great. I have a gh2 use it for news but find it hard in rapid focus change and zoom situations (eg: door-stop interviews). Do you have a solution (such as a comfortable rig)?

Nice little diamond ear stud in that park guys right ear... 😂

Nice one Rod. Common sense Ambassador

Damn! I wish we could have watched you see these situations through. Why were YOU so quiescent though? I feel your pain!

I see your point and agree with you, but please have a go at the big, main people making these stupid rules, the execs, the managers, not the poor soul who is purely enforcing what theyve been told to do within the constraints of their job contract. They're probably on minimum wage and just being told what to do. Start at the top.

The words 'fuck off' do exist for this very situation

Just say "no, go away. Call police if you like but just go away."

It's because it's very close to parliament they cannot see what you are doing behind a windbreaker and a camera on a trypod could be a disguised rifle I would guess.

bottom line is you are trained, that is what it is all about for what is to come

maybe we should all put on high viz jackets haha

Very brave council employee confornfronting a respected jurno from the Times LOL

The law states, that there expectation of privacy while out in public, so tell them to jog on.

Common Law. Thank you, and good day...

Good onya Rod..!! ;-)

It would be funny to have lots of camera people on the site so when they asked you to stop filming, you said 'Why, he is?' and when they went to that one, he pointed out another. Ad infinitum.

I would have taught yellow jacket at 0.40 some good old fashioned Anglo Saxon.

Respect to rob liddle great man Speaks for the common sense nation

I was told to stop filming by the same polish guy. Admitidly his issue was my tripod. Once I lost the tripod he let me carry on.

Unfortunately these, 'jobsworths' will lose their minimum wage jobs if they don't do what they are told by the very well paid Council management. These guys are on the sharp end and also have to contend with being humiliated on social media. Go round the council leaders' house and not only will it piss them off, you might actually get answers from the people who made these rules on high.

what you should do is wear a badge that say i have permission to do anything i want and i have a the licences i need to carry out anything i want.

In Soviet Russia, a gas metre checker, could arrest you and have you stuck in a Gulag for.... smiling the wrong way.

I SPY WITH MY BLOODY BIG EYE SOMETHING SPYING ON ME !

Funny little chappy with the ladies ring in his ear, Oh Dear ! Those yellow jackets are to show you are the lower classes compared to the upper classes.

These people that are in authority are in that position because they enjoy causing miserie to others.They thrive on it

Right at the end he said "policy"

People have been so ground down by constant dictates by successive governments, it's like second nature to just do as your told! Not me, I will argue with one and all regardless of how many times they voice their favourite mantra...."that's not allowed" I recently was walking down a street and for reasons only known to themselves the council had taped off the bottom of the road, which meant to get to the other side you would literally have to walk all the way round the block of flats, there was the usual council man sitting in his van doing nothing, so I enquired why He had tapped off the end of the road? No adequate reply was given so I just lifted up the rope and walked under it upon which the guy in the van gets out of his van and starts dictating to me like a little Nazi, including threatening me with the police, I told him I will gladly wait while he called the police, he then went into an tirade of abusive language......I told him I could go on my journey if that's what he preferred or alternatively I can come back under his little barricade and smash his van to pieces that would give him something to call the police for needless to say he had nothing more to say so I went on my journey..... That's jobsworths for you!

You're allowed to film and take pictures in picture galleries where it's really annoying. It's not like they're ever going to watch the footage back...probably.

@ 5:15 Mr Novichok keeps us secure. ;)

dwarfs dressed as clowns

This is the reason why there are so many 1st amendment auditors in America and so many more auditors around the world, testing to see who really knows what our rights are and to see who, out of those who gave the oath to protect our rights, really do want to protect our rights and not just do what Big Business or E-Corp tells them what they want the law to be, or who's FEELINGS gets hurt because they are being held accountable.

My camera is not handheld. It's fixed on the top of my 86" 4k monitor pointing right at New Scotland Yard. I have not moved it in 2 years. Metro Police, come arrest me. I'm in Texas. I'll wait.

I find that if you ask them where does it say that You can't film or take photos and if they have a copy of this on them to show you then they are stuck and you have every right to be able to do just that.

do what Mark Thomas done write to councils, private companies, security, police etc and pay your £15-20 admin fee and use their footage as multiple camera angles. Cheaper than paying extra crew etc to highlight how much of a jobsworth they are being.

Southbank is another horrendous place for filming. Been stopped several times. I find they have problems with tripods more than camera's.

...and then as soon as a crime does occur, the police are the first to ask for filmed footage from the public to try and catch the perpetrators...What comes first, the chicken or the egg? Or rather, the absence of police on the beat or the crime committed....

The public pay for these properties and land!

Just ask to see ‘The Policy’ in writing, if the jobsworth has not got it, say you’ll wait for them to fetch it. Evidence is needed before they can stop filming etc. Verbal communication is not sufficient evidence.

I just found this in 2019 and its far worse now

Rod, you are a remarkable copy of Deitrich (Stephen Fry) in V for Vendetta. Aren't the similarities between what you describe and that film a little too shocking? Well done, mate.

Can you tell me please, i have to attend child in need meetings at my local social services re my children, am i allowed to film or record without consent?

The milgram experiment

Funny how the yellow-jacketed person at about 0.40 seconds has an Eastern European accent - I thought they came here to escape totalitarian regimes!

They’ve never really stopped treating us like serfs. We need a new Robin Hood.

Strawman illusion KZfaq, never give any details