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Rally Against Debt.

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Some humorous soul on Facebook is organising a Rally again Debt in London on 14th May between 1100 and 1400. If you have not succumbed to the electronic embraces of FB yet, it is billed as follows

A well mannered, polite rally for civilised people who don't wish to see their hard earned money being spent on pointless government initiatives and instead would like government spending to actually fall and our national debt to be cut.

Any visits to Fortum and Mason's by protestors will only be to marvel at their selection of quality goods and perhaps make the occasional purchase.

Bonfires will be strictly forbidden: it's out of season anyway

Trips to see Vodafone and other high street chains will result in congratulations to the company for providing jobs and growth in the UK.

It's a nice idea but well-mannered, civilised people who object to their grandchildren being impoverished by ever-increasing government debts will not get much coverage from the BBC, I suspect.

6 responses to “Rally Against Debt!!”

  1. Trooper Thompson Avatar

    I like the idea. I wonder if some individualist anarchists could turn up and conspicuously not damage anyone else’s property.

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  2. Gawain Towler Avatar

    WE will and we might even have tea at Fortnum’s, rather than holding it to ransom

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  3. AlexCull Avatar

    This really is a pleasant idea. I’ll be part of a splinter group that heads off towards Trafalgar Square where we’ll eat some ice cream, then saunter around the National Gallery for a bit and buy a few postcards.

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  4. doodle Avatar
    doodle

    It is possible, nay probable, that the media would give heavy coverage to this even if 5,000 people could be persuaded to attend. After all virtually no coverage was given to the main 500,000 strong march in favour of obsessing over a few tedes in black smashing windows. The media likes quirky and unusual, especially of course if it favours their owners and paymasters….

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  5. Andrew Duffin Avatar
    Andrew Duffin

    Come on Tom, be fair, our Dave is doing his level best to inflate away the debt so that the descendants of those with index-linked pensions won’t really suffer at all.

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  6. Suboptimal Planet Avatar

    Brilliant idea. Shame I already have plans for that weekend. Otherwise I’d definitely go.

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Tom is a retired international lawyer. He was a partner in a City of London law firm and spent almost twenty years abroad serving clients from all over the world.

Returning to London on retirement in 2011, he was dismayed to discover how much liberty had been lost in the UK while he was away.

He’s a classical liberal (libertarian, if you must) who, like his illustrious namesake, considers that

“…government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.”

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