Two years after Thames Valley Police arrested me for objecting to monarchy, they have admitted that my arrest was unlawful.

I owe many, many thanks to the friends, comrades and strangers who have encouraged and supported me through the bizarrely confusing process of taking legal action against the police. In particular, I am grateful to Katy Watts and her colleagues at Liberty, who have done such an excellent job of advising and representing me. I could not afford to take legal action on my own. I have been able to do this only because of the support of Liberty.

However, I am very conscious that most people who are wrongly arrested are not able to take legal action or even to gain publicity for what has happened.

This is not just about me. It never has been. It is about the rights of all people to dissent, to express their views, to refuse to bow down, to assert the dignity and equality of all human beings.

With the vague anti-protest laws as they are, anybody could face arrest for expressing an opinion in a public space. The law must be changed and the police must be held to account.

If you want to know more about my case, there are more details in various media reports, such as this one from the Independent. I gave slightly longer interviews to the Big Issue and Byline Times.