Published: November 2nd 2009 - at 8:35 amPics: 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
More here
From a press release
---------------------------
| Tweet |
Sunny Hundal is editor of LC. Also: on Twitter, at Pickled Politics and Guardian CIF.
· Other posts by Sunny Hundal
Story Filed Under: News
Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.
Reader comments
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.
@3
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.
Reactions: Twitter, blogs
- James Graham
RT @libcon: :: Pics: Halloween protest on 'Zombie Parliament' http://bit.ly/1qvNSV
- John Porter
RT: @libcon: :: Pics: Halloween protest on 'Zombie Parliament' http://bit.ly/1qvNSV
- James Graham
RT @libcon: :: Pics: Halloween protest on 'Zombie Parliament' http://bit.ly/1qvNSV
- John Porter
RT: @libcon: :: Pics: Halloween protest on 'Zombie Parliament' http://bit.ly/1qvNSV
- Chris Coltrane
http://bit.ly/1NZLfL – Zombie protest outside Parliament!! How did I miss this?! I want to be friends with everyone in these photos.
- poligeek
Politics: Sunny H: Pics: Halloween protest on ‘Zombie Parliament’ http://ow.ly/15YR84
- uberVU - social comments
Social comments and analytics for this post…
This post was mentioned on Twitter by jamesgraham: RT @libcon: :: Pics: Halloween protest on ‘Zombie Parliament’ http://bit.ly/1qvNSV...
Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.
You can read articles through the front page, via Twitter or RSS feed. You can also get them by email and through our Facebook group.
» Do older people really need more NHS healthcare?
» There are alternatives to the reckless ‘Plan A’
» On Beecroft: it is already quite easy to sack people
» Why Cameron’s claim of 600,000 jobs created is plainly wrong
» By using age to allocate NHS funding, Lansley rewards Tory voters
» The rise in domestic violence deaths is not an “isolated” problem
» Adrian Beecroft highlights mindset of Tory right
» The US is now a model for the Eurozone to save itself
» The IMF plan to revive the economy doesn’t go far enough
» The Boris brand is weaker than his friends think
» Nine things you can do to halt Lansley’s destruction of our NHS
|
19 Comments 71 Comments 21 Comments 46 Comments 10 Comments 24 Comments 22 Comments 69 Comments 44 Comments 25 Comments |
 |
LATEST COMMENTS » Roger Mexico posted on Red Tory Blond: gay marriage "homophobic" » Roger Mexico posted on Criticism of Obama for its own sake: a reply to Mehdi Hasan » Ben2 posted on '43% of young women sexually harassed' » steveb posted on How Newsnight demonised a single mother » Chris posted on How Newsnight demonised a single mother » Chris posted on Criticism of Obama for its own sake: a reply to Mehdi Hasan » re posted on '43% of young women sexually harassed' » Peter Stewert posted on '43% of young women sexually harassed' » s cullen posted on How Newsnight demonised a single mother » cim posted on On Beecroft: it is already quite easy to sack people » steveb posted on Do older people really need more NHS healthcare? » re posted on '43% of young women sexually harassed' » Ben2 posted on '43% of young women sexually harassed' » steveb posted on UKIP higher than Libdems over May » Just Visiting posted on On Beecroft: it is already quite easy to sack people |
