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The Speakers' Corner Charter:
What We Defend and What We Oppose

  • We defend the Act of Parliament of 1872 which established Speakers Corner as a place for Free Speech.
  • We believe that the Right to Free Speech is threatened by the use of the Speakers Corner area for Pop Concerts and Fun Fair facilities, particularly on Sundays, which are designed to raise revenue to replace huge cuts in Government Grants to the Royal Parks.
  • We support the proposal to establish a covered area of Speakers Corner to allow Free Speech in adverse weather conditions.
  • We support the provision of cheap refreshment at Speakers Corner, and demand a minimum wage of £5.00 an hour for all workers in Hyde Park.
  • We demand the removal of all the fences encircling Speakers Corner in the interests of Public Safety.
  • We demand a Democracy Wall at Speakers' Corner where the public can post their views.
  • We support the establishment of a free Internet Broadcasting Centre in the vicinity of Speakers Corner, open to the general public where everyone may broadcast their views.
  • Speakers Corner is not a plot of Real Estate to squeeze a profit out of…
  • We demand that Hyde Park be taken into public ownership without compensation and management be placed under democratic control.

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(The Battle for the Right to Vote, Speakers Corner 1866)

 

Charter Signatories Include:

 

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The Rev. Lord Donald Soper, speaker at Speakers Corner since 1925.

 

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Tony Benn MP:
"I send my full support for the Speakers Corner Charter." (July 20, 1998)

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Heiko Khoo, speaker at Speakers Corner since 1986 and founder of the Charter.

 

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E-mail Labour MPs (Please copy and paste the text of the Charter)