Protesters staged a "die-in" outside Dominic Cummings' house over the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Holding signs and wearing face masks, about 20 campaigners lay on the street outside the north London home of the prime minister's controversial adviser on Thursday evening.
One of the placards read: "Over 50,000 dead while you're playing king of the castle."
Strange thing to do - I can't imagine doing it whatever the cause. It keeps the issue alive but in the wrong way. Silly often works because of what we are, but not this time in my view. Maybe silly has been overplayed.
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Notice how the police fail deliberately to keep the road clear in the same way they do for all the XR protests, the fact that Cressida Dick said about the Black Lives matter protests 'that it was better to allow the protests than to incite further violence' shows a complete volte face about how certain groups have carte blanche to do what they like, while others......
The political face of the police is showing more and more in many ways, Peelian principles have long gone down the memory hole.
"50,000 Deaths" - are they just making it up as they go along? The last official figure I saw a few days ago was around 39,000, and the daily totals are now down to the very low hundreds...
Isn't it strange that the left are never short of protesters? Maybe it's that most of them are living off other people's earnings and don't actually have a job to go to . . .
If there's nothing much going on, and you've got a good memorable idea, then this sort of mild English middle class silliness might work. When real protesters are fighting the police, though, these guys just look redundant and sad. A bit like using sarcasm in a fist-fight.
It's a pity that there isn't a radio-controlled road-roller for hire. The sound of one of them trundling down the road would clear the protesters sharpish
Sky 'news'?
More like the BBC, but sillier.
Luckily we watch neither!
Wiggia - yes the political face of the police does show itself on these occasions. The media are at least partly to blame because the police know how ruthlessly any slip would be distorted and magnified.
microdave - round it up and add 10,000 - maybe that's the rule? Add too much and people notice but with 10,000 they may simply assume it is about right.
Jannie - good point - you'd think layabouts would be less up front about what they are.
Sam - that's an interesting point - people always look redundant in a demonstration. Bound to I suppose.
Graeme - or our recycling truck - that makes enough noise to wake the retired.
Scrobs - I don't watch either but I find the online version of Sky useful for blogging, for picking up mainstream stories and the nutty angles they choose to pursue.
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