What differences are these arrests going to make? There are so many other things the police could be doing with their valuable time. This is the peoples Festival, Big Bother should go back to 1984 where it belongs!

Ben chenery, Norwich, Norfolk

I too Simon,was a married man of 37 with 4 children.

One of my four children started smoking cannabis. He continued taking drugs and now I am a man with three children only. My other child would be alive now if he had not started smoking cannibis.

Philip DaviesGe, Harrow,

After reading this column, my friend and I are absolutely horrifed and disgusted by the way the police are acting at Glastonbury. If this trend continues, the whole ethos of the the world famous festival will be destroyed forever. Police with shoulder-mounted cameras catching hippies for smoking pot! what? how ridiculous, am I a character from the Orwell classic? Has this 'free' country had a regime change when I was asleep? I think not, however something seriously needs to be done inorder to stop the Police's illegal behaviour. Where has our freedom gone? where has has the festival-free-love gone? what happened to the hippies, the musicians, oh I forgot they became accountants and city workers, smoking £20 notes infear that the police will take them down for for a good time. This country is dead.

morgan clark-ward, london, UK

yup there it is again, BIG BROTHER! filming people when they are out having a good time. will there ever be a place where we can go without being filmed! ive been to glastonbury and smoked pot and NEVER saw trouble from like minded people like me.no wonder we say its turning into a police state! just for the record am no teenager, im a married man with a business, 4 children and 37 years old! put that in your pipe and smoke it copper!

simon cousens, swindon,

George Orwell was right, BIG BROTHER IS CERTAINLY WATCHING YOU, beware it is creeping into all our lives, not just those at what should be a free and easy festival.

Jacqui Thornely, sunderland, United Kingdon

I have never been to Glastonbury, neither do I smoke pot.
I'd hardly be sitting at my computer on this wet afternoon if I was there!
However, I am disgusted by the news report that police will be out there with cameras. Can't anyone get away from this state intervention anywhere?! Just for once, let people have a bit of fun. Who are they harming? I for one am sick and tired of living in a Police State.
Just leave them alone and let them enjoy the music, the booze, the company and the mud!

Juliet Pratt, Worthng.,

It is absolutely appalling that this has been allowed, it is a clear invasion of privacy. All I can say is I cannot wait to get away from this pathetic police state.
I'm not a cannabis smoker, but I do happen to know if it was legalised it would make massive economic sense and we have seen in other countries that this is not the only advantage. It also allows people to take drugs, in general, under controlled conditions and to know what they are taking is the right stuff.
To have police men walking around with cameras on their shoulders is ridiculous, I have gone to glastonbury to GET AWAY FROM THAT. I'm a human, I want to take drugs, therefore I will take drugs. Why is that a problem?
I have to say I won't be going to Glastonbury ever again simply because of this.
Is it the pot smokers who are going to cause harm to others? Are they going to commit theft? Are they going to cause ANY trouble?
Why is it illegal for me to walk around filming whoever I want, but not for the police?

Oisin Moore, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Glastonbury should be reserved by the Glastonbury-gowers so that the free love festival feeling remains intact, Please do not make Glastonbury a PC issue!

It seems 'they' want to take everything from us, nothing is left alone anymore... People work hard and pay respectable money to attend this once a year venue, POLICE should be there, but only to keep the peace (THERE IS NO WAR WITH any Smoke) and to keep some sort of Law and order, because it does become desperate after 3 days) but that is IT! Leave us alone!!!!

I look forward to these views being heard..

Regards
Dil Smith

Dilwyn Smith, CHELMSFORD, Essex