by Sunny Hundal

A weekly briefing by the City of Westminster’s ‘Counter Terrorist [sic] Focus Desk’ (see here – PDF file) calls for all anarchist activities and events to be reported to the police.

Next to an anarchist symbol, the briefing states:

Anarchism is a political philosophy which considers the state undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, and instead promotes a stateless society, or anarchy. Any information relating to anarchists should be reported to your local Police.

Sorry, did anyone mention a crime? Apparently that’s not a necessary prerequisite.

If you consider the state harmful then you should be reported to the police.

I suggest the Met should start off with all the libertarians that inhabit the Tory party – they are far more dangerous.

Also on the same page, but further down…

‘Your local anarchists should take higher priority than al-Qaeda operatives‘!

The police briefing was issued as part of the Met’s CommunitySafe initiative.

(hat-tip @garydunion)