Islington council warns people not to attach notices to trees – in a notice attached to a tree.

This was was clearly a mistake, the actions of a junior worker without a huge amount of common sense.

Yet the incident represents a real trend – which is while community posters are being cracked down on, council posters in public space are growing apace.

So while you may be threatened with an on-the-spot fine for putting up a lost cat poster, councils are hanging more and more notices off lampposts, on bins and electricity boxes – urging you to give up smoking, drink less, or warning you about dog fouling or bag theft…

Public space seems to be rapidly becoming the private space of officials.

Read on:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-16628232

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