Martial Law UK??

A state of Martial Law in the UK? Or just another piece of twisted conspiracy theory? Well that would really depend on how you want to consider the following statement that is the hot topic of conversation across the net today;



“UK police chief Sir Paul Stephenson is considering whether to ask the British government to ban protest marches altogether in response to last week’s student riots, a move that would place Britain under a de facto state of martial law.”


The above statement can be found on the website infowars.com and many other similar websites, that are often labeled as being run by conspiracy theorists.


However, it should be noted that the UK Metropolitan Police Commissioner is making such considerations and has said in a statement “It is one of the tactics we will look at and something we will keep under review, and if we think it is the right thing to do then we will do it.”


Does the banning of a protest march actually constitute Martial Law in the UK? Well of course not, at least not for anyone who is thinking rationally. Also remember the words de facto are used in the statement before Martial Law. De facto is latin and is normally understood to mean “in practice or actuality, but without being officially established”.


The idea of Martial Law in the UK, sounds very much like another conspiracy theory.