That's a bit chicken and egg though, isn't it?
Because didn't they ignore planning laws in the first place, which was then rescinded, or something?
( Kroney, Thu 20 Oct 2011, 11:58, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

I meant more historically
Someone put on QOTW the other day, in response the the oft repeated "if they are travellers why don't they want to travel, LOL" that they'd probably love to, but seeing as there are no longer many , legal places for them to go, they are forced to settle in one place.

While I agree in this case they were probably in the wrong, the law in the UK has been changed several times in the last 20 years, specifically to make it harder for them to live the way they used to and probably would still choose to.

I'm just saying that it's not as simple as "abide by the law and you're OK" because sometimes they change the law.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 20 Oct 2011, 12:09, Reply)