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Today I was a womble

ginger | 02.05.2001 00:08

Being a womble is about exposing a lie the authorities expend all their energy trying to maintain: human beings have the power to hange the world and upset "known facts". The police are neither right, nor good, nor invincible.

Mayday for me started nearly 3 months ago when I first whited up for the niketown zapatista solidarity action. Can't believe it's been such a short time, because the lessons learnt and people met will stay with me forever.
Today a five foot two slightly built short sighted geek girl was on the front line beating riot police! We actually got through 3 police lines between 4 and 6 when we dewombled.
We were originally planning to meet at Oxford Circus at 4, but obviously events were outside anybodies control - just as they should be. Unfortunately this meant lots of thinking on our feet, and concerns about getting all the tat to where it was needed. The advantages of working closely in a (not perfect but almost) non hierachical way is that everyone was looking out for each other and taking responsibility rather than waiting for orders.
Half of the wombles arrived at the meeting point already wombled up, which gave muh confidence and positivity the few of us cowering down an alley way having suffered lots of cop attention carrying big bags of foam and banners into the pic circ area.. We quickly executed our practised transition into wombles (okay, it was a shambles, but it needs a lot of practise!). Then we began marhing north east towards oxford street showering "money" on everyone.
The other protesters were top. We didn't have enough spare suits or padding to involve as many as we would have liked, but it was incredibly uplifting to hear cheers and warm greetings of "here come the wombles". Looks like its not just the police who were looking for us!
We quickly had a few hundred in our group. It all happened quite quickly, haotically and organically, but we kept moving and growing in numbers and marhed across Oxford St North and then circled west. I had a pink kiddy swim ring around my neck, and a foam, cardboard and bubblewrap arm protector with stuffed penguins taped to it.
Our first confrontation was in cavendish sq, behind John Lewis. The police formed a line in riot gear.
We were a little shakey, but basically walked up to them, arms linked behind the big blue tarp. They did their usual baton run, but with the protection we had on we could take it, and then puished forwards and ... blimey we were through the line! Wonderful feeling.
After that whenever we came across more cops it was "Wombles to the front".
In all we breached 3 lines.
My glasses were knocked off, and I nearly got knocked down myself a few times so ended up very shakey, but kept up. I took some baton blows, but caught them all on my proteted arm and was absolutely fine. Other wombles took direct blows to their shins, arms and even heads and apart from some minor grazes we're all fine.
It is important to say that there was 5 female wombles, and I was definitely the least front line - one who was especially nervous beforehand was an absolute star and cruial to many of the breaches. Being a womble is not about individual macho selfimportant action but requires solidarity, courage and trust. You do not need to be a street fighter. You need to be able to keep a clear head, be solid., look out for those who are around you, and see a demonstration as not just an opportunity to smash a few windows (however cathartic that feels) but about challenging the state's right to batter us when we step out of line.
We made lots of mistakes, but that's okay. We're not here for a single stunt action, but untill a better tactic is discovered, or we've won !

ginger
- Homepage: http://www.sei.ukshells.co.uk

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you're awsome!!!

02.05.2001 05:40

you're awsome!!!

thanks for writing this, we need to see more accounts like it.

you wombles amaze me.

keep up the good work

thanks for doing what you do

thanks for existing

the world needs more ppl like you!

please please please please can we set up a wombles collective in Melbourne? now that would be cool...

whoops, what was my point again? oh yeah.

you're awsome!!!

maya
mail e-mail: mayajoy@disinfo.net
- Homepage: http://www.angelfire.com/indie/nooneisillegal


where were the wombles?

02.05.2001 08:14

We needed you desperatly in Holles Street. Why didn't I see any Wombles?

jjf
mail e-mail: xdaydreamx@gmx.net


oh thankyou

02.05.2001 08:24

I was too scared to be there in person, but when I read "The wombles have arrived and are marching towards police lines." followed shortly after by "The wombles have breached the lines!!" I experienced a euphoria and relief greater than anything I have ever known. Thankyou for giving me hope.

tara


wombles

02.05.2001 08:35

Amazing you beaytiful people are!
We need a wombles collective in the Medway Towns NOW. Although this place is 3/4 full of imbeciles there is the odd intelligent freak around.Possibly...
Yeah anyway you gotta universalize the wombles pretty soon or else...

Abigail
mail e-mail: beautifulfreeek@lycos.co.uk


Wombles Wont Fail

02.05.2001 09:12

the womble sare the way forward and the website should reflect this. Members of the wombles are not this suposed "hardcore group" they have their views and this is the way that they show it! i think that the wombles hould definatly should go global and should the at the heart of the action! a "j" style march should happen this year and the wombles should be at the forfront.
if theres anychance of becoming a member of such a brilliant group is there anychance of u indeed "ginger" (i saw u on telly) :) getting in touch wiv me! fanx
fanx u guys
*chompy*

decoila chompy
mail e-mail: decoila@aol.com


Grazie ragazzi!

02.05.2001 09:52

You guys are a symbol of unification. Your presence, in a demonstration such as Mayday, is essential as people follow you and trust you. I`ve been there with you and I was confident.
You`re like our Ya-Basta in Italy and I expect to see you in Genova; so, see you there.
El pueblo unido jamas sera vencido!

ErCl@!
mail e-mail: er_cl@another.com


Wombling around

02.05.2001 10:26

Considering we were a small group of around 15, we did very well to help the liberation of demonstrators penned in at John Lewis and then to continue on to Holborn where we ended the day legging it off after the Wombles dropped to about 6. All accounted for apart from one - anyone heard what's happened to the missing Womble???

We need more people to "white up" at demos and join us for the next big event. One thing we have learned, the cops went for upper legs which weren't as well protected as arms and shoulders.

Good on you boys and girls. We did it. We fucking did it.

EastHamDan


Womble action

02.05.2001 11:03

I must say the greatest respect goes out to the wombles . we visited your web site before coming and were therefore delighted on your arrival near miss selfrige and i laughed for about ten minutes when every one turned the corner and left the police standing in the wrong place on great newport street.
I was very impressed with your restraint and was also thankful for your padding as when we linked arms i was surprised at the onslaught of blows from the police who seemed to aiming for legs and heads.
Any way a job well done.

George

George Roscoe
mail e-mail: Delsa@vandal.co.uk


missing womble found

02.05.2001 11:27

The missing womble has been accounted for, he's fine; and the womble who took a pretty severe and unprovoked knock on the head is alive, well and planning on suing the cops.

Lots of lessons to be learnt, we need loads more people next time, but I think it went pretty fuckin well, and there WILL be a next time.

Thanks for the article ginger, I was feeling pretty low after hearing on the corporate news that the cops 'won', but they didn't win, they didn't know what to do, the crowd were fucking ace, it was so peaceful.

Thanks to everyone who helped us get our suits off, especially the woman who saved me from strangling myself with my cycle helmet.

sara
mail e-mail: sara_b37@hotmail.com


Beautiful

02.05.2001 13:44

Shalom Alecheim and G_d bless the Wombles. I live in America, and we dont really have anything like that here. Its very refreshing to hear that the good guys and girls really are out there. If anyone knows of any similar group in the Indiana area, please do let me know.


Vincere Vel Mori!!!!!

Bo


Bo
mail e-mail: Falite7@aol.com


Pricks

02.05.2001 14:52

You fools. Do something positive.

cybergroover
mail e-mail: cybergroover@hotmail.com


You saved May Day

02.05.2001 15:45

I was watching the protests from Oxford Street/Great Portland Street area; everyone was starting to lose
focus, and drift away until people started yelling the WOMBLES are here! Then people stopped and started peeling back up the street to make way for you, then following you in the direction they had just been walking away from. When i saw you advancing up Oxford street throwing monopoly money i thought their not seriously going to battle the police with a blue tarp. But you did, and you won, and we all followed you because of it. Right the way to John Lewis infact.
Watching you stand courageously in the face of Battons and Brutality as you tried to make it through the next police line, galvanised the unsteady crowd into a solid group; which then charged all the way to Islington knocking over bins stopping traffic, and generally causing mayhem, but in a relatively non-violent mannor.( well no one hit police men apart from the odd bottle sometimes from bystnders outside local bars), and of course hotly pursued by Riot police. Well done you saved May Day, and kept it a day of free protest!
+ the girls loked pretty cute WOMBLED UP!

tom


Grow Up!

02.05.2001 15:54

Grow up you immature fools! You really are not funny.

Tony Blair
mail e-mail: tony@downingst.com
- Homepage: http://www.pm.gov.uk


An Inspiration

02.05.2001 17:40

I saw the wombles in Oxford Street quite late on and was surprised to see them at all. This in itself was inspiring and gave me a bit of a lift.

Then they marched straight towards the police lines in a positive, confident fast manor and shouting "Our Steets, Our Streets!" They went straight through and like others have said it was so inspiring to watch such courageous people in action.

Well done.

Sheffield Mayday
mail e-mail: sheffieldmayday@disinfo.net
- Homepage: http://www.sheffieldmayday.ukf.net


Pure Inspiration

02.05.2001 18:41

4pm: Morale was low as we stood on 'the other side' of the thick blue line at Oxford Circus. Distanced from fellow protestors penned in on the other side. We wandered aimlessly unsure what to do, a cold wet day in Londown town. Then suddenly a cry went up 'The wombles are coming', my heart lept and I felt tears coming to my eyes. We all started jumping up and screaming, it was FUCKING AMAZING.
You guys made the day for a lot of people, you were pure inspiration. Next time Im there with you on the front line.
with love
blueplay

blueplay
mail e-mail: blueplaycandles@hotmail.com


Pure Inspiration

02.05.2001 18:41

4pm: Morale was low as we stood on 'the other side' of the thick blue line at Oxford Circus. Distanced from fellow protestors penned in on the other side. We wandered aimlessly unsure what to do, a cold wet day in Londown town. Then suddenly a cry went up 'The wombles are coming', my heart lept and I felt tears coming to my eyes. We all started jumping up and screaming, it was FUCKING AMAZING.
You guys made the day for a lot of people, you were pure inspiration. Next time Im there with you on the front line.
with love
blueplay

blueplay
mail e-mail: blueplaycandles@hotmail.com


Pure Inspiration

02.05.2001 18:43

4pm: Morale was low as we stood on 'the other side' of the thick blue line at Oxford Circus. Distanced from fellow protestors penned in on the other side. We wandered aimlessly unsure what to do, a cold wet day in Londown town. Then suddenly a cry went up 'The wombles are coming', my heart lept and I felt tears coming to my eyes. We all started jumping up and screaming, it was FUCKING AMAZING.
You guys made the day for a lot of people, you were pure inspiration. Next time Im there with you on the front line.
with love
blueplay

blueplay
mail e-mail: blueplaycandles@hotmail.com


Pure Inspiration

02.05.2001 18:44

4pm: Morale was low as we stood on 'the other side' of the thick blue line at Oxford Circus. Distanced from fellow protestors penned in on the other side. We wandered aimlessly unsure what to do, a cold wet day in Londown town. Then suddenly a cry went up 'The wombles are coming', my heart lept and I felt tears coming to my eyes. We all started jumping up and screaming, it was FUCKING AMAZING.
You guys made the day for a lot of people, you were pure inspiration. Next time Im there with you on the front line.
with love
blueplay

blueplay
mail e-mail: blueplaycandles@hotmail.com


Respect!

02.05.2001 19:25

Cheers guys - I am heading off to the Wombles website right now - we're getting suited up too next time we protest... Come on people - get yerselves involved in this most direct opposition to the illegitimate forces of this police state...

Eddie Stratton
- Homepage: www.oneminutesilence.com


Making waves

02.05.2001 19:32

An AOL (!!!) poll had 50% of people saying that you've got a valid point; not bad for the voice of a multinational...

The media onslaught on you guys has backfired. I've only really started looking into what you're about since the Evening Standard ran that series of hysterical headlines in the last couple of weeks (I work in central London so I get confronted with the billboards all the time).

My reasoning was; if the Standard (or the 'Sub-Standard' as I affectionately like to think of it) hates them so much, there must be something to it...

Then today, front page on the Daily Mail - "The Law Fights Back", and a hiooowwwge picture of a fairly unthreatening looking guy getting smashed over the head with a police truncheon. What a beautiful own goal for the people who want to dismiss you all as mindless thugs - AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN SEE THE IRONY!

Of course the press are going to try and demonise you - but that's kindof the point. You're attacking the system which owns the media, and the media respond by proving how little independence they have from their paymasters when the bottom line is threatened.

Just remember one thing - for all the hysteria, distortion and demonisation of the Mayday protest, you've succeeded in getting millions of people thinking about some things that matter, so who gives a damn what the bigots are saying.

Rich
mail e-mail: smiliness@yahoo.com


MORE WOMBLES PLEASE

02.05.2001 19:46

I was in Holles Street, too, and we could've done with a few wombles for sure.....but nice one all the same. Next year I'm gonna get suited and join the fun.

CHRIS
mail e-mail: ranterdean@hotmail.com


Cops Get Wombled

02.05.2001 21:02

Of all the great achievements of the day, and completely shutting down the consumer centre of the capital was one great achievement,none will stay with me longer than the sight of a whole line of riot police bottling it and backing off all the way down Titchfield street. Then a cheeky left was chucked (always leftwards bound!) and the cops were left stranded. A little lateral thinking often helps and it doesn't always take much of that to outwit the police.

Not only were the wombles extremely brave in putting themselves to the forefront but also completely inspiring. The noise, the monentum and the unity of that action made it the success it was and gave us back what are rightfully ours - the streets.

It may be easier said than done but for future actions the large mass of potential participants need to be informed of the ways in which to avoid the police control tatics seen in Oxford Circus. I myself have been coralled before and it is a draining and demoralising experience. The police, with the help of the media, are clearly trying to manipulate the constituency of these 'free' protests. We must be wary of allowing this to happen.

Once again, much respect to the wombles in white. Build on it.

Rob


Well Done!!!

03.05.2001 02:28

Wicked!! I saw some womble footage on the news the other night it was and inspiring sight to see the wombles blunting the police attacks it reminded me of the springbok protests here in New Zealand in the early 1980's where you saw a large body of protesters better protected than the pigs. With crash helmets huge wooden shields and home made body armour really took the battle to the the riot cops.

Is it time to become more militant? I myself have no desire to become another marter to the cause by getting my head caved in.

Yuda
mail e-mail: anarchistroundtable@anarchist.com


Caught in possesion of sponge and teddybears

03.05.2001 15:27

After a nice bike ride through the city of london I had high hopes for the birth of a truly effective civil disobedience movement 'Wombling'. Unfortunatly i missed it due to PC Plod arresting me for possession of cannabis (some minute particle in the bottom of an otherwisw empty bag). If I had believed the shit media I would have thought that you didnt break any police lines. God bless the Wombles and IMC. Next time I will make sure Im only caught in possession of sponge and teddy bears.

Robin
mail e-mail: Rc162@mercury.anglia.ac.uk


I'm proud of you, Aunty Bulgaria

04.05.2001 00:41

I may not agree with your politics, but I agree with the ideas about what is wrong with things, just not how you want to fix them. I am very proud of how you had the courage to act on your beliefs.

I'm in my fifties, professional and conventional, but i was cheering for the activists and not the police. I was disgusted at how they behaved and filled with admiration for the Wombles and their followers.

I hope in the coming months those who tried to take away the freedom to demonstate for what you believe in are punished. I think voters will show the government and Mayor what they think too. They may get a shock when we go to the polls.

Womble's mother
mail e-mail: jord@firedrake.org


Womble on, guys!

04.05.2001 11:51

I too was in Holles Street... while we didn't get to see anything of the white-clad saviours, I heard much from friends afterwards - you guys are the bizness. I'm all up for getting padded up (small and female though I am) and by God I hope lots of others are up for it too. This is NOT militarism on the protestors' side - it's facilitation and protection for those without CS and truncheons (those whippy metal telescopic jobs do bad stuff, man, I saw a guy withan eight mill. deep hole in his head from one).
Fight the Police-Protected Totalitarian State of Grey Britain - C'MON THE WOMBLES!!!!!!

shonagh
mail e-mail: pixy_goth@hotmail.com


HOW TO BECOME A WOMBLE!

04.05.2001 12:04

i was at may day this year and i was with the wombles when they broke through the police on several occasions.... they were so effective and i admire them so much. how is it possible to become a womble... contacts?.....etc.???

thanks.

FunkyElf

FunkyElf
mail e-mail: daniel_lowe@libero.it


Fair Play

04.05.2001 12:22

Fair Play to all the wombles, inspirational, brilliant and right...

kim
mail e-mail: franticfruits@yahoo.com


wombling

04.05.2001 12:36

why not just get a load of really really fat people to stand in front of police lines. Saves on padding and who gives a shit if the pie eating, don't know when to stop gorging fattites get walloped

fat twat


glasses

04.05.2001 12:52

to prevent your glasses getting knocked off again buy a 'canoe' band for them from an outdoor pursuits or sailing shop. Failing that tie a piece of string around them. It can be difficult (even dangerous) if your glasses get lost in an action/protest

gawk
mail e-mail: gawkrodger@hotmail.com


YOUR MUPPETS

04.05.2001 14:34

You go on about human rights, what about my human right last Tue to walk down the street and go to my work without you bunch of muppets throwing bottles etc. You claim to be on the side of workers yet I watched as some of you spat on McDonalds workers. You're whole philosophy is corrupt and contradictory.

You're against mass corporations yet the vast majority of you were wearing Nike, GAP clothes etc. You also use the internet one of the main symbols of captalism and globalisation. No body knows what you want, you demeen your cause by your thoughless actions. You don't seem to have any aims other than to be pains in the arse. I for one take pity on you. Numpteys. Human rights it is the human rights of people to go about their life doing what they WANT to do. Just because you don't agree with it does not mean you can disrupt or attempt to stop it.

You're against authority yet how many of you ask for help from the police and ambulance service when you were injured by your own "comrades" who threw bottles etc. I watched with my own eyes, so don't start about deluded ramblings about the corporate media bullshit.

I sometimes worry about the future of the world when I see people like I saw on Tuesday. EVERYONE knows the world is not perfect but the majority of your people just seem to want to create a name for themselves or make themselves feel good by damaging property. Sometimes I don't feel like you know what you want, let alone other people.

Think about it.

MIKE
mail e-mail: singer_empire@hotmail.com


Errrrrr???

04.05.2001 14:41

Erm...actually...reality check...I thought there were only about 30 Wombles max! Dream on guys...

Aunt Sally


Mythmakers

04.05.2001 15:01

Keep it going Wombles.

Are there any of you actually from Wimbledon?

Also, could you design a lightweight version for me for the next London Marathon?
(I'm nearly serious!)

But you are definitely the shape of protesters to come. Good work.

Hugh Jarse


maximum respect to wombles

04.05.2001 21:48

a big fuck off respect to the wombles from a glasgow mayday participant and avid fan of all things foamy and protective and beautiful in the face of police stinkiness and repression. i saw you, ginger, on this evenings dodgyly patronising chanel4 documentary 'Mayday! Mayday!'... i though "oh my fucking god theres some mad womble chick with glasses and a pink kiddies ring... YAS!" keep up the good work, see you in genoa i hope. you are an inspiration. xxx.

px


wombling free!

05.05.2001 12:15

speaking as someone who was trapped in oxford circus for 6 hours, we could have done with some wombles inside the ring of police - some idiots were trying to shove through the riot cops & succeeded only in getting innocent people mashed up with some really brutal truncheon-work.

so, next time we do anything like mayday again, WOMBLE!

dave
mail e-mail: dave@anti-everything.com


Wombles

05.05.2001 14:56

I witnessed the wombles 'in action' next to John Lewis in Oxford Street.
I saw some of you break through a single police line but only because they were
doubled over , pissing themselves laughing at your farce.
You look completely stupid in your white suits , builders dust masks and bin lids.
If this is the future of street protest then god help you.
Wombles is an apt term because you are strange looing looking creatures
who are the object of fun and derision, and have views that only you can understand.
Still........ you might look good selling ice cream in those suits in Brighton this summer

Marky Mark


what makes a cop scared

05.05.2001 16:26

I've already posted that I saw fear in those cops' eyes. Not fear of violence, but fear that they'd lost control. Something you don't see when they're lined up and it's all going according to their plan, whether they're being pelted with molotovs or not.

And I can still see the fear, marky mark. So much praise for his enemies has made the poor dear sick - piggies find it hard to stomach beauty.

WE LOVE YOU, WOMBLES - Next time take me with you.

not a womble yet


wimbly wombly

06.05.2001 17:39

i was in holles street and i didnt see no wombles....where were you?anyway.....respect to you brave people,im getting shivers down my spine reading this page,so well done and be proud.
i would love to be a womble next year and im sure alot of people would.
people!!!!!!Next year....bring as much foam,stuffed toys and any protection you can think of and the cops will stand no chance.
cheers wombles.im fuckin proud!

ida
mail e-mail: wxwrks@2000net.com


wombles I'm just sooo jealous!

06.05.2001 20:33

I saw you at John Lewis/ Cavendish St. and it really cheered me up (I was doing a little bit of theatre myself, examining police batons - scuse me, sir, could you just lift your riot shield, thank you). took me back to the days of 68 when I was a barefoot Vietnam marcher. I did take down my white boiler suit from the attic but decided it was too cold. I won't be so chicken next time.
I was stood next to a Daily Tegraph reporter as he phoned in a completely fabricated account of a riot. Shocking?
They've been tooling up for months these so-called journos
in their squalid bacon-feed factories on Canary Wharf. I have pix (waiting for them to be developed)and will expose these evil men, names addresses and all.
be with you next time for definite

shameless h
mail e-mail: shamelessh2001@yahoo.com


Italian styleee

07.05.2001 09:32

We Italians have had it rough for yonks the Italian police are some of the most violent and cowardly in the world.Ya basta !
I have also experienced at first hand un provoked violence from the british racist police . Although in 1981 in brixton
they were so unprepared that they didn't even take the high ground and the bridges over brixton high street were very usefull , by the time the of 1985 up rising they were more organized having spent most of 1984 in Yorkshire trashing the miners and their homes. Now they are trained in PR and how to deal with the media .The run up to may day was very amusing . It shows that if the police decide a strategy and then produce a series of intelligence reports to justify the strategy, of course the reports unconfirmed by any other agency expect themselves. The police could make up any thing they choose . The people who pull their strings also pull the strings of the corporate media a few well chosen lies and some serious exaggeration and then the press does their bit. The cops then show the headlines in another news conference. Hitlers nazis used the same tactics to make a lie become fact. But cops and journalists have a lot in common they both have problems with alcohol and drugs like Cocaine for example. If you have ever witnessed the british media circus abroad you will know how pathetic they are and how much they drink. If for some reason they lose their jobs it can very often lead to total ruin as their long suffering familys will testify . The police and journalists are a social problem that needs carefull attention. They are indirectly responsible for a system that has no place for social justice
not to mention the fact that their masters have almost succeeded in destroying the planet .
The most important thing for us to do now is find something that is save to eat for us and more importantly for our children.

also aplly to companies house for information as to who runs the corporate media . i already have somne of this info .

every one can be Luther blissett




Luther blissett
mail e-mail: luther.blissett@wanadoo.be
- Homepage: www.LutherBlissett.net


Keep an open mind

13.05.2001 07:10

Open your mind.It dosen't matter what the Wommbles look like, just because they don't have fancey riot gear does this mean there stupid? Obviously it's not about what you fucken look like out there,thats just being plan
ignorant by saying that.
I myself am only 14yrs old i'm glad i'm not as judging as you.
At least the wommbles are "trying" to help our world.

lisa


May Day Revolution

15.05.2001 08:53

I've now got no degrees of seperation between Mayday and Woodstock 69. As far as I know, I was the only rolling Film-Maker in the convergence centre. I'm not affiliated to Gorrilavision.com, therefore, I don't produce propaganda, rather humanist sign-of-the-times documentary. Basically the only pre-emptive ironic take on the whole shabang. ITN,BBC and REUTERS all bid for my footage, but I'm not in it for a fast buck but rather to objectify the truth beyond the press demonisation and fluffy post-rationalisation.

Hello to Orinoco and Raga...Keep the peace in the name of psychedelic colourization, love understanding and music

Stay tuned for more news....we're thinking about going with 4LATER offer of 'the other side' as a prelude to a bigger more elaborate project which is shooting right now..

The fusion of protest and music to create new ways to perceive colour....

Best, ROBIN - director 'UNDERGROUND OVERGROUND'

Tigerwomble
mail e-mail: tigeradvice@hotmail.com
- Homepage: http://www.buskers.50megs.com/rubyblue1.html


WOMBLES AREN'T MUPPETS

15.05.2001 09:48

THE GUY ABOVE WHO COMPLAINS ABOUT THE DISRUPTION TO HIS WORK SHEDULE ON MAY 1st SHOULD PIPE DOWN A BIT.

HAD MARGRET THATCHER NOT MOVED THE BANK HOLIDAY UNTIL A WEEK AFTER MAY DAY.. ALL THOSE COPLAINING WORKERS WOULD HAVE HAD THE DAY OFF TO PROTEST TOO. IT WAS MOVED DELIBERATELY SO THAT THE TORIES COULD TRICK PEOPLE INTO A SPLIT ALLEGENCE WHERE THEY ARE FORCED TO WORK ON THE ON ONE DAY THAT THEY ARE ENTITLED TO PROTEST.

MAYDAY IS A DAY ABOUT UNIFICATION AND EMPATHY, ANYBODY WHO COMPLAINS ABOUT HAVEING TO WORK IS DRAWING CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT ANY CONSIDERATION CONTEXTUALISATION WHATSEVER.

GET A GRIP

YOUR COMMITMENT IS FREEDOM...OR ARE YOU WELDED TO THE WHEEL INSTEAD OF THE WANG?

gonzo
mail e-mail: angelfi@hotmail.com


I wanna join the wombles

28.05.2001 17:27

Don't let my daddy see this, but i wanna join the wombles. Please....pretty please.

Euan Blair
mail e-mail: euan.blair@downingst.com
- Homepage: http://www.pm.gov.uk/son_euan