Monday 4 July 2005

Edinburgh Observations

A policewoman:
"They're all over the town at the moment. But that lot (Canning Street) aren't going anywhere."
Tattooed building worker:
"If you invite a million idiots to the town you can expect trouble. Why doesn't Geldof sell some of his stuff and send the money to Africa?"
Journalist:
"The Revolutionary Clowns' Army is at Bristo Place."
My response:
"Did they let them out of Holyrood?"
Pub landlady:
"They're in Hanover Street now. Let's hope they don't come here."
Barmaid:
"All the bars in Lothian Road have been shut."
The funniest thing was when I saw a gentleman who had been barred from my local pub last Saturday standing in the middle of Coates Place directing police vans to their parking spots.

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Harry Powell
Josh Trevino gives an interesting description of the melee http://www.chrisnolan.com/archives/trevino/2005/07/perhaps_theyll_sing_in_tune_after_the_revolution.html , even if his geography seems a bit wayward.

6 July 2005, 03:58:55 GMT+01:00
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Andrew Ian Dodge
I have always loathed clowns...so well...watching the pols smacking em' makes me smile :D

6 July 2005, 01:34:33 GMT+01:00
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Guest
The best is from the Scotsman: on a map showing the "flashpoints" -  
"Bristo Square. Noon. Police surround members of the Rebel Clown Army and search them as they are applying their make-up." 
 
What were the police doing wearing make-up in the first place?

5 July 2005, 17:07:49 GMT+01:00
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englishman
Osaka observations regarding Live8 and the G8 summit: None. 
I haven't heard anyone mention it. It seems to have passed by everyone here.

5 July 2005, 08:50:31 GMT+01:00
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Calatrian
I had occasion yesterday to go by train from Falkirk to Polmont. The Dunblane-Edinburgh train was full of crusties from the 'eco-camp' near Stirling, all sitting doucely like good commuters. This might have owed something to the presence of four burly polis but it seemed odd to see these 'eco-warriors' dutifully paying First Scotrail to take them to a day of anti-capitalist anarchy. It reminded me of Lenin's comment on the German Communists: 'They wouldn't storm a railway station without first buying platform tickets.'

5 July 2005, 07:57:46 GMT+01:00
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Harry Powell
There was a priceless comment from an "anarchist" protestor reported on Channel 4 news, she complained to the reporter "we've been penned in by the police in a place where there are no shops we could buy water, it feels very oppressive".

4 July 2005, 20:15:28 GMT+01:00