G20 Protests – Tea Please
Demonstrators have a tea party outside the Bank of England
Fate scheduled the G20 conference on April Fool’s Day this year, but the conference is no joke. The city of London will likely spend upwards of $10 million for security at the G20 conference including all the protest events. A wide range of different protests have taken place here over the last week, although I’m a bit confused as to what exactly they are protesting.
In the spirit of their former colonies, a small group of demonstrators had a tea party in front of the Bank of England today…not quite sure how this is protesting, but to each his own. When Marina Pepper, a tea party demonstrator, was asked why she was protesting, she said:
“We are here to reclaim elevenses…You used to have elevenses written in to your work contract, now you’re expected to drink tea at your desk and not spill it on your keyboard.”
Really? Tea breaks? She sounds like a hobbit in the Lord of the Rings. Forgive me for sounding dismissive, but asking for elevenses in the midst of the worst economic recession since the 1930s indicates a poor choice of priorities. Most laid off Detroit auto workers would be pretty angry if they heard a British protester discussing the need for tea breaks. Read more…
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