Blair uses Bigley's Funeral Today
julian | 13.11.2004 13:36 | Anti-militarism | Liverpool
Sign reads: ">100,000 dead + still bombing / 0 WMDs / Why?"
One lone protester (me) sat on the pavement outside Liverpool Cathedral attempting to communicate with Prime Minister Blair. Today, Blair continued to sponsor widespread killing and bombing in Iraq, but situated himself in the middle of a funeral to avoid the criticism by trying to make it impossible to say anything against him without causing collateral damage on the grieving relatives.
There were vast numbers of secret policemen tottering around, and the uniformed police tried to move me twice with the usual: "It's not allowed to hold a banner here" (isn't this still a public place?), "What's the sign mean?" (can't you tell?) "We have to protect the public safety from people holding signs," (come again?) "What are you trying to do?" (communicate with someone it's impossible to communicate with, because you guys filter any message getting through) "You're not going to do anything crazy and disruptive?" (and I'd be holding a sign, rather than milling around with my hands in my pockets like everyone else?)
It's just so pathetic!
Once the Blair convoy steamed off like a cruise missile, everyone relaxed, and the media started reporting the official news about how much this shows Blair cares, and I felt sick.
One lone protester (me) sat on the pavement outside Liverpool Cathedral attempting to communicate with Prime Minister Blair. Today, Blair continued to sponsor widespread killing and bombing in Iraq, but situated himself in the middle of a funeral to avoid the criticism by trying to make it impossible to say anything against him without causing collateral damage on the grieving relatives.
There were vast numbers of secret policemen tottering around, and the uniformed police tried to move me twice with the usual: "It's not allowed to hold a banner here" (isn't this still a public place?), "What's the sign mean?" (can't you tell?) "We have to protect the public safety from people holding signs," (come again?) "What are you trying to do?" (communicate with someone it's impossible to communicate with, because you guys filter any message getting through) "You're not going to do anything crazy and disruptive?" (and I'd be holding a sign, rather than milling around with my hands in my pockets like everyone else?)
It's just so pathetic!
Once the Blair convoy steamed off like a cruise missile, everyone relaxed, and the media started reporting the official news about how much this shows Blair cares, and I felt sick.
julian