earlier i spoke to shami chakrabarti, a human rights lawyer, member of the house of lords and formerdemocracy as well as celebrate constitutional monarchy. and, i've had, i'm sure other people have, too, i've had messages from some friends around the world expressing concern and surprise at the number of arrests. obviously, we will find out more and we must find out more in the hours and days ahead, as to why these 52 people in particular were arrested. i'm concerned at reports that that people who were handing out rape alarms for women's safety in a big public assembly were selected. and i'm really concerned about this so called "operational independence" that lucy frazer described, because we know, for example, that the home secretary issued a press release a few days ago saying that she backed the police to use her new powers to the full. that doesn't sound very independent to me. and we also know that the home office directly wrote to protest groups, warning them that new powers had been had been rushed through in time for the coronation. that is of concern to me. let's just talk