Occupy
As the canon chancellor of St Pauls, Dr Giles Fraser resigns; it struck me that this protest has really had the reverse effect to the one the protestors intended. They are here, well in the day anyway, to stick it to the man. To show corporate greed that they are not going to take this lying down, especially not in a tent on a chilly night, that the little man can make a difference.
So to front right up to this – do they camp out in Canary Wharf where all the banks are based? No as they might get shifted out by the bailiffs. Do they march on Whitehall and insist something is done - no because the security guards will move them on. Well how about Paternoster square right by the Stock Exchange – well no because the police will soon kick them out. Instead they pick on St Pauls Cathedral. It’s like having a go at your mates little sister. I’ll have your lunch money as there’s no chance of you taking it back off me!
Who has actually been affected by this? Do you really think Bob Diamond is sitting in his office going – Oh my god – I am not having another crack inducing bonus this year because a bunch of aussie barmen are spending the day drinking in tents around a church?? Hello NO! The only people being put out are some poor deluded spinsters in grey cardigans whose last vestige of fun was attending mass at the cathedral. Well them and all the small shop and café owners who have seen their trade fall off a cliff as the thousands of daily visitors to the cathedral no longer attend. The protestors are only there in the day and probably bring their food from home. So the poor local shop owners who have never speculated on the stock market and merely hope to pay the next rent bill are having their livelihoods threatened!
So a big round of applause for the protestors who have upset some grannies and ruined the little man’s livelihood – that really told them!
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