As the storm over Downing Street continues to rumble following the Stalinesque detention and questioning of Damian Green MP, plans are afoot to continue to keep the pressure on the Government for answers and to keep the issue in the public eye.

It all began with a comment on ConservativeHome.

“Maybe this will be my last comment regarding politics. I don’t know. If elected officials are not safe why should I assume I am? My husband is on his third tour of the gulf. My brother in law is on the Afghanistan Pakistani boarder. My other brother in law is now partially paralyzed for life due to an injury sustained while training for duty in Iraq. My nephew is finding it hard to integrate back into society after seeing his buddy blown up in the truck next to him while on duty over there. Freedom and democracy are very important to me, I guess I can say they are actually a part of who I am and feel blessed to be born into a part of the world that understands the importance of these things. As far as I was aware, my husband, and other family members have been putting themselves in danger, some have become injured physically, some mentally,and others whom I have never met have lost their lives fighting for the rights of people in other countries. Fighting to allow them to also have the right to hold their governments and leaders to account, without fear of death, arrest or imprisonment. So for me this isn’t about Labour or Conservative or which party is better, this has become a really serious and worrying situation. And I am frightened over this and over the future if this is the way things are headed. What to do? I do not know. If verbal questions and protests aren’t answered then a visual protest of some sort. Green ties, ribbons and armbands,worn by people from all parties in defence of Damian Green. Worn until questions are answered, and until civil liberties and freedom from opression of government are restored.

Posted by: meli | November 29, 2008 at 23:35

Wow meli you said it

Posted by: Michael Booth | November 29, 2008 at 23:50

Meli suggests green ties, ribbons and armbands,worn by people from all parties in defence of Damian Green.

Brilliant – editor what about promoting that on this site?

Posted by: Lindsay Jenkins | November 30, 2008 at 00:15″

Jenkins forwarded the exchange to Simon Richards, Director of The Freedom Association, who took up the torch with the novel idea of turning The Freedom Association’s site green as an act of solidarity.

How far could this go? We mused last month about November 5th becoming a national holiday to mark British liberty, freedom and justice. So we have the day, and now we have the colour.

In turn, TYC saw this and thought, why not take it one step further? Our colour scheme is terribly cumbersome, so we knocked up this poster (well, everyone else is producing great posters lately it seems) and sent it to The Freedom Association. It also looks great on your Facebook/Myspace/Bebo etc, by the way…

We understand that plans are also afoot in Parliament for MPs to wear green ribbons during the Queen’s Speech to signal their disquiet. I’d be great to see activists in their private capacity as concerned citizens sporting them as well (a bit of green ribbon and a safety pin wouldn’t cost the earth!), on the street, in the work place etc, making people stop and ask ‘Why are you wearing that?’.

With the latest comment on ConHome showing that the momentum behind his initiative is growing, are YOU with us?