But baring that one fact, few people know what else will happen. Matthew Tempest takes a look at how an unorganised protest is organised. It is a strange serendipity that in the week when a mass global political movement, the anti-capitalist May Day protests, utilised the internet to mobilise and organise its supporters, the UK government announced it was to close its portal, opengov.uk. The culture clash between anti-capitalists and the forces of globalisation will be fought not just on the streets of London next Tuesday but in cyberspace, for the hearts, minds and wallets of the angry, if uncommitted, young. Government sites, by their nature, belie their huge resources and manpower with a thorough but uninspiring set of links.
Anarchists are far more ingenious and witty in their use of the internet to encourage and amuse.
For all the protestations of the police and politicians, and whatever happens on May 1, the granddaddy of this year's sites, May Day Monopoly is bright and lucid. Quite a large patch for the Met to protect. Unsurprisingly, a spokeswoman for Hasbro, who took over Monopoly manufacturers from Waddingtons, refused to comment on this subversive bastardisation of the family board game. You have the right to be searched by a cop of the same gender. All of which is good to know.