Pics: Halloween protest on ‘Zombie Parliament’
On Friday over 60 campaigners dressed as undead politicians headed up Whitehall and past Downing Street to pay a visit to the “Parliament of the Living Dead.”
The ‘Zombie Walk’ was organised by Vote for a Change campaign, which is leading calls for a more accountable parliament with a referendum on the voting system.
Willie Sullivan from the Vote for a Change campaign said:
Some people may have noticed the smell round Westminster in the last few months. Our MPs, as if in a trance, are drawn by an unknown force to John Lewis’s. Instead of men and women with minds of their own we see mindless ghouls shambling through the Lobbies. We have elections in hundreds of safe seats where even a corpse could win a ‘job for life’. This is the Parliament of the Living Dead.
Westminster residents appear to be canvassing for a Second Job in George Romero’s latest movie. So this Halloween we decided to give MPs a treat – a visit from some rosette clad cadavers, who will be heading up Whitehall with a message that things need to change.
Our Undead Democracy needs a shot in the arm, and that starts with a referendum on fair votes. We need a parliament where voters’ voices are heard, and MPs are truly accountable – a parliament that’s quite simply better equipped to do its job, representing us, the voters.
The ‘Vote for a Change’ campaign is calling for a referendum on the voting system in the wake of the expenses crisis.
Photo credit: Anthony Upton/PA Wire
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Kind of original, got a photo, so did its job.
Not much of an argument for changing the voting system though.
That looked rather fun.
I can understand why the people with the blue rosets want to get rid of the current parliament, but don’t quite buy their steadfast commitment to changing the voting system.
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You’ll notice red (and probably yellow) rosettes in the photos too. VFAC is a cross-party organisation.
I was dressed as Shaun of the Dead on the 31st, if I’d have bumped into that lot, I would have had to take them out with my cricket bat.
@7
Fair point, there was no argument for reform in any of the photos, but there was a lot education going on that evening. The idea was that it was a stunt – both to raise awareness for (current and potential) supporters, and to make a statement to those in Parliament. The hope is that people would seek more information – that’s readily available on the Electoral Reform Society (http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/) or the Vote for a Change (http://www.voteforachange.co.uk) websites.
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