So appropriately enough tomorrow’s April fools day and the powers that be have declared it to be the day when troubles should begin. After all with so many important people around and security being so very the flavour of the day, any response at all to so much as a gnat farting in the general direction of the great and good must be both appropriate and proportionate no matter what form it takes. There’ll be the usual suspects of course, and no doubt a few people there to ensure that some trouble happens. Just in case people aren’t suitably scared, businesses that might just about be considered somewhere near one of the decreed trouble spots have been warning/ordering staff to stay home or wear disguise. (I’m one of the ordered to stay away)
Fortunately the weather forecast is good which should help make for a lively turn out, and it’s near enough to Easter that I’m sure some students will be able to drag themselves away from dusty libraries to protest about – well what ever it says on the placard the SWP hand them.
For me despite the various pro-capitalism demonstrations adding to the patchwork, it’s seeming all far to directed to lend any support to. It will though of course justify some good headlines, maybe a few news laws or the use of an old one. Mainly though I suspect it will serve to drive ministers expenses from the headlines and bury the almost guaranteed abject failure of the summit to achieve anything other than a few photo ops.
But for all that I wish those that go to make their voices heard well, and hope at least some of them present a clear and coherent message of their own. For me it’s quarter end and this bit of business would be as good a use of my time as claiming for an 88p bath plug (Seriously what’s with that? I value my time too much to even contemplate such a thing is Jacquis time so cheap? On the other hand this pay be why I only have one home.)
So good luck to all those attending on which ever side of the thin blue line they may be. But remember kids don’t take banners from strangers, and don’t forget your latte.
Footnote: Image provided by the lovely people at http://www.sendamessage.nl/.
