tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33451096.post6387467818393909888..comments2024-03-28T07:14:01.343+00:00Comments on donpaskini: Putting People Firstdonpaskinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05963534291677598324noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33451096.post-35975833681859857812009-03-31T21:34:00.000+00:002009-03-31T21:34:00.000+00:00I think the TUC started it, then other groups eith...I think the TUC started it, then other groups either jumped or were encouraged to jump on the bandwagon, <BR/><BR/>Worth noting the relationship between G8 protest groups and the UK government's lobbying position at Gleneagles and asking yourself if it was a slightly crap attempt to emulate the success of 2005.<BR/><BR/>If you think this sounds like a conspiracy theory then ask yourself why Ed Miliband was up on rolling news for interviews about the protest (with well known government supporter and general charidee lefty Tony Robinson) at 0930hrs on a Saturday morning. <BR/><BR/>Considered in this light it did exactly what it was meant to - two page spread in the Observer, S.Times, and Indy on Sunday. <BR/><BR/>But the demonstration was crap - people didn't really seem to care much, the greens were smugly unwashed, and the Palestinian Groups were incredibly off topic and borderline tasteless as ever. <BR/><BR/>I must be getting old.pedronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33451096.post-84475558969577922662009-03-31T07:07:00.000+00:002009-03-31T07:07:00.000+00:00I broadly agree. I was with some Labour types sand...I broadly agree. I was with some Labour types sandwiched inbetween the Salvation Army and some World Hunger types. Just in front of us was a Tamil group. The Gaza people just behind.<BR/><BR/>What was striking to me, and I know this doesn't sound too important, was the lack of any common chants... So I heard shouting about world hunger behind me and chants about Israel in front.<BR/><BR/><BR/>It also felt a very unfriednly march. Very little interaction between different groups.Duncanhttp://duncanseconomicblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com