[Gllug] Reminder - Protest BBC iPlayer Tomorrow - Tuesday August 14

[Christopher Hunter]

On Tue, 2007-08-14 at 12:17 +0100, Pete Stean wrote:
> Oh yes I forgot about turning up and waving a banner about - that kind
> of activity gets you TV coverage if you play it right, and we all know
> that any publicity is good publicity (well almost all - if you're
> setting vans alight and smashing windows I don't think that does much
> for your cause - I'm not accusing the heathrow lot of that btw, just
> thinking back to the anarchist protests we've had in recent years -
> I'm sure the heathrow crowd are suitably warm and fluffy in
> comparison, they sound like it lol)

With the possible exception of the Poll Tax riots, I don't think ANY
protest has had any significant effect on Government policy.  EVER!

Chris


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