Across the Red Line: It Can be Necessary to be a Public Nuisance in Pursuit of a Higher Cause

Anne McElvoy invites activist Peter Tatchell and writer Bruce Anderson to give their contrasting opinions on causing public nuisance as a form of protest. Peter argues that history is littered with disruptive demonstrations that were effective in bringing attention to a cause. Bruce has experience of confrontational demonstrations and is adamant that they do more damage to the cause than good and at worse can de-stabilise democratic systems