DEMOCRACY campaigners won the right yesterday to take the Mayor of London to court over his decision to fence off and prevent peaceful protests in Parliament Square.

The High Court gave the green light for a judicial review of Boris Johnson’s decision to erect large metal fences in Parliament Square Gardens halfway through a 10-day protest in October 2014.

Protesters were told that the enclosure, which forced them into a narrow space away from the Houses of Parliament, was required for repair work and maintenance of the grass.