Video & pics from anti-tabloid flashmob today


by Sunny Hundal    
May 4, 2010 at 3:38 pm

Today we held an impromptu flashmob in central London, on Parliament Square, to take a little stand against right-wing press smears.

Update: ITN News did a short piece on the flashmob too!

Here’s another video (with me looking very shabby and unshaved early on)

Thanks to John Innit for the video. Also at @johninnit

Here are some pictures I took. Thanks to all the people who turned up!
(don’t worry, the newspapers were recycled).

A picture by Paul Hilder:


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1. willroe

Nice piece – shame there wasn’t a quick statement / interview with one of the protesters.

2. John

Isn’t it technically illegal to protest at parliament square without prior authorisation?

3. Lianne

Thanks Sunny for capturing my mad sword skills on camera!

@2 Yes, it is technically illegal. However if it is a ‘spontaneous’ event (we’ll overlook the days of pre-planning on facebook), there’s not much they can do about it. Sparring aside, it was a hugely civilised affair.


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