Big Green Cockup og Big Green Conspiracy?

Here's a couple of interesting Guardian articles:

Is the Big Green Gathering another victim of the crackdown on dissent?

and

Protesters warned that measures from the criminal justice bill would be turned against the wider population. We were right

OK, The Big Green wasn't screwed closed on the background of the CJA but you can see the tendency, right?

It looks to me like any experience not mediated by some commercial exchange (preferably through some big business) is being made more and more difficult. It doesn't surprise this grumpy old cynic: after all, when big companies effectively dictate terms to the government (ever wondered why so many business regulations are "voluntary codes of conduct" these days?) then they'll use their influence in any way they can. Levels and squares, aprons and sashes...no, they don't do funny handshakes.