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Nightmare of the Nut-Mayor

Save the Pigeons | 17.01.2001 16:51

Kil Pigeonstone, the self proclaimed Mayor of London, has renewed the attack aginst the feathered residents of Trafalgar Sq.

Glad to report that London is such a happy place to live in nowadays that Len Killipidge is determined to remove the final obstacle to our Inclusive New City, the pigeons of Traff Sq...
Having already tried to withdraw the license from the guy who sells corn for 30p a bag, he was forced to back down after a substantial public outcry. Now, fresh from his rendevouz in New York with his sinister Controller, Mr "Zero", he decided to renew the onslaught.
Claiming a wish to "brighten up" the admittedly cut off centre of London, Ken Rentokil is using this as a pretext for COMMERCIALISING the area. At the moment it is remarkably underused, with just one "chain" store, a bookshop, nearby. (The infamous Mayday McDonalds is just round the corner). There is ample facility for building a few pleasant cafes on the square, and room for the pigeons too.
"Save the Cute & Cuddly- Kill the Ugly and Unprofitable" seems to be the motto for our present day. Dont forget the way Blair threw the ailing resident cat out of No. 10, and how badgers are about to be gassed in thousands by the Ministry of Agriculture. Pigeons are NOT true vermin: they are a survival species, which they have in common with , say, grey squirrels (another pet- hate target) or sparrows. Often the descendants of cultivated stock, either farmed or used for carrying messages, pigeons sit and wait as they have done for centuries around most town squares. Ive never been overkeen on them but now I intend to bring breadcrumbs every time I go past Trafalgar Sq.
They are about the only tourist attraction in London which cannot be reined in for corporate purposes, unlike the horrendous Rock Museum, Millennium Wheel, Dome of Doom or Buck Palace.

London Today is holding a phone-in poll. If you want to vote against the proposed ban on the pigeons, phone 09 009 11 66 02. Calls cost 10p.

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Pigeon Street.............

18.01.2001 10:07

Pigeons have somehow come into a wave of support?!

A few facts:
Pigeons live in their own shit
Pigeons breed in their own shit
Pigeons bring up little pigeons in their own shit
Pigeons carry more diseases than rats but I don't see a phone line to prtect the rats of London?
Pigeons carry lice that breed on shit

Hmm, can't wait to feed the pigeons?

Paxman in Portsmouth


Pigeons just need to move on.....

18.01.2001 10:30

There's too many in the Sq. they need to dipserse and learn to fend for themselves. Animals shouldn't be a tourist attraction - surely there's enough waste in London to feed thousands more Pigeons...?

yeykakki
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18.01.2001 16:04

It is by no means established that pigeons carry a high rate of infectious disease and the comparison with rats is spurious; There were never any rat farms in history as far as I know, and we cannot simply accustom these wretched birds to human domestication and then throw them away and kick them when politically expedient. To call pigeons "rats with wings" and squirrels "tree-rats" suggests we should call sparrows "mice with wings", and rats "rat-rats"... it all gets a bit silly and vindictive after awhile.
I personally am sad to witness the decline of a once respectable socialist into political vermin. Abandoning his erstwhile principles, supporting NATO in 1999 and now reducing himself to this unworthy campaign. Sad man.

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Keep you 'spurious' comments accurate!!

18.01.2001 17:09

Just to prove a quick point Mr Save the Pigeons

Disease No. 1 Psittacosis
 http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/consumer/psitt.htm

Disease No. 2 Pigeon Lung
www.pigeon-lung.co.uk

Disease No 3 - 57 A comprehensive list
 http://arrowexterminating.com/diseases.html

Enjoy feeding your next pigeon my friend!!

Paxman in Portsmouth