It's That Time of Year Again.

Spring has sprung and May will surely follow bringing with it the traditional Mayday protests. While there will be events held across the world in the UK the largest protest has been called by a group calling itself Election Meltdown; http://meltdown.uk.net Apart from the usual calls to destroy capitalism and the banks, end all wars and protect the environment Election Meltdown want to destroy the British parliamentary system and replace it with a system of "peoples assemblies." To make this alternative more attractive Election Meltdown are also calling for people to vote for a Hung Parliament and the inevitable paralysis of government that this will bring.

As for the physical demonstration itself protesters are being called upon to meet up with one of the four horsemen of the election apocalypse which will collect effigies of four political leaders at their party headquarters. The meeting up points are;

• The Black Horse. This will be the first to start meeting up at Clarkenwell Green, EC1 at 13:00. Ironically this horse will collect an effigy of Nick Griffin, leader of the racist British National Party.

• The Red Horse. This will meet up at the Labour Party's HQ on Victoria Street, SW1 at 14:00. It will collect an effigy of Gordon Brown, leader of the ruling Labour Party.

• The Green Horse. This will meet up at the Liberal Democrats HQ on Cowley Street, SW1 at 14:00. It will collect an effigy of Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrat Party.

• The Silver Horse. This will meet up at the Conservative Party's HQ at Millbank Tower, SW1 at 14:00. It will collect an effigy of David Cameron, leader of the Conservative Party.

Once the groups have formed up the horsemen will march to Parliament Square and aim to arrive at around 14:30. Once there the effigies of the party leaders will be symbolically hung and the protesters will try and set up camp in an attempt to occupy Parliament Square until the General Election on May 6th. At present it is unclear if the protest organisers have sought permission from the police to hold a demonstration in an area protected by the Serious, Organised and Police Act (SOCPA) 2005. However the demonstration is listed on the events section of the Metropolitan Police's website so I think it's fair to say that the police will be expecting it.

As for what will actually happen on the day the anarchic nature of these protests makes that quite hard to predict. There are though several possible outcomes. If not enough people turn up then the whole thing will quickly turn into a repeat of 2006's Sack Parliament debacle. Here around 500-800 people assembled in Parliament Square on the day of the State Opening of Parliament calling for Parliament to be sacked. They were met by around 1200 police officers who promptly picked them up and removed them from the square much to the embarrassment of everyone involved. Secondly if 3000-5000 people attend the police will simply place them in a cordon using the "kettling" technique made famous during 2009's G20 Summit, London. This will see the protest getting squeezed onto the grass at the centre of the square. This will allow the police to begin opening roads with a priority being placed on Westminster Bridge, St Margret street and then Whitehall. Once any assembled media have got bored and gone home by around 18:00 the Territorial Support Group (TSG) will meter out their usual brand of extra-judicial punishment before people are let out of the kettle one by one to have their photographs taken and personal details recorded for future reference.

There is also a Reclaim the Street Party demonstration being called for May 1st. There is no website available for this but people are being asked to assemble on the Southbank of the Thames near Waterloo railway station at 16:00. They are also being told to be prepared to make some noise and bring beer so I dread to think how that will turn out. However the location will make it very tempting for them to go and punch a hole in any kettle in Parliament Square.