Monday, 4 July 2005
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The police were "interviewing" an anarchist outside McDonald's where I had supported international capitalism by having a cheeseburger.
Note the English police uniforms.
Sunday, 3 July 2005
A meeting
Walking back from photographing yesterday's march in Edinburgh I was approached by an elderly gentleman wearing a Scottish Socialist Party badge. He asked if I would like to purchase a postcard of Che. I asked him why on earth would I want to buy a photo of a mass murderer who shot small boys. I enjoyed this confrontation so much that I had to go and celebrate with a beer.
Saturday, 2 July 2005
A pauper marches
Perhaps I'll see Gordon Brown later today:
Chancellor Gordon Brown has revealed he plans to participate in the Make Poverty History demonstration in Edinburgh during the G8 summit.It's entirely appropriate for Mr Brown to worry about poverty - on his watch the pound has lost almost 8% of its value since late April.
Friday, 1 July 2005
Trainspotting
I understand that a Scotland-bound train was held up at Preston earlier.
The police were in attendance because someone had "yelled pro-capitalism sentiments" at the train which was "full of treehugging plonkers."
Not quite 007
This one shows a police presence outside the Russian Consulate in Melville Street.
Several times a week I am in Charlotte Square and at lunchtime today I saw an unusual sight: two police officers guarding Number 6, the official residence of the First Minister. I had a chat and was told that trouble wasn't expected except possibly on Monday when the anti-capitalist anarchists (so-called) are due to do their stuff. The policeman said that they were ready for any eventuality and, more importantly, welcomed all the overtime.
(UPDATE: I've discovered that the new Blogger uploading system allows one to click on the photographs and enlarge them.)
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