Keens, Graham, VF UK - Technology (MP) wrote:
> Having looked at several of the postings on this matter it occurred to
> Julian and myself this weekend that the possibility of a hijack has got
> to be an important consideration in the choice of a protest location.
That indeed is an issue of some concern. As you may have read, Will
Wilkinson and I had a long chat with the Jericho people about this and
we agreed to discuss possible strategies some more. I don't think there
is much chance of them not using the opportunity so it is more a case
of trying to get them to tone things down a bit. Phrases like
Brutish Waterways in particular don't help.
> We were mulling about a November event at Berkhampstead, with Debbi and
> Simon, as there are a lot of members of the public always walking and
> fishing the canal at Berko as well as the town being a favoured short
> term mooring spot. However, knowing that there is a prominent local
> 'Save our Wharf' campaign means that any SOW event held there is likely
> to get hijacked.
>
One of the arguments that I put to the Jericho crowd was that if we
were seen to be all campaigning under the SOW banner, then maybe that
would give them an opportunity to get their message across to other
demonstrators who would support their cause in the future. The
alternative is that a simple highjack might actually turn SOW
demonstrators against their cause.
Of course, we would hope that there will anyway be so many more SOW
banners that special interest groups are lost in the crowd.
> Any campaign balloons available?
Good idea, we'll look into it.
--
Will Chapman
Save Our Waterways
www.SaveOurWaterways.org.uk
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