Monday 8 May 2006: The Home Office appeal against Brian's right to remain in the Square has been successful. The judgement was given in a short announcement in the Court of Appeal. The court would not grant Brian leave to appeal to the House of Lords or a stay that would allow him to remain in Parliament Square while the appeal process was exhausted.

After the announcement was made, Brian made a statement to the press and supporters in Parliament Square. See here for a short video of the statement.

Brian will be independently seeking leave to appeal to the House of Lords. As an interim measure, his solicitor has notified the police that Brian intends to continue his demonstration. On Monday the police said that Brian's demonstration is authorised, for the time being, and that they will be making further contact relating to any conditions they wish to impose later. By law, authorisation to demonstrate has to be granted. It is with the conditions that Brian's protest could be severely curtailed.

The police have issued conditions e.g. the protest can only by 3 metres long and high. At the moment - Thursday - there is some negotiation taking place over the conditons the police wish to impost on Brian's protest.

A number of people will be staying in the Square from now on. Others are more than welcome to come and show solidarity with Brian.

A good source of updates and comments and discussion about how events are unfolding, can be seen here.

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