Climate protester tries to glue himself to Brown

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edited July 2008 in A Moving Train
Tue Jul 22, 6:01 PM ET
LONDON (AFP) - A climate change protester unsuccessfully tried to superglue himself to Prime Minister Gordon Brown at an event in the leader's residence, a government spokesman said Tuesday.

Dan Glass, a 24-year-old member of Plane Stupid, which campaigns against airport expansion, tried to attach himself to Brown's suit as he was about to shake hands with the premier at his Downing Street residence.

Glass, who had been invited to the event held to recognise the British voluntary sector, asked Brown why the government was ignoring public objections to the construction of a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport.

Brown can be heard laughing as Glass began his demonstration, in an audio recording of the protest.

Glass assured the prime minister he was carrying out a "non-violent protest" and told Brown that "we cannot shake away climate change like you can just shake away my arm."

"We can beat climate change, but this is not going to happen by planning the world's largest international airport at Heathrow," he added.

"As far as we are concerned, nothing really happened," a Downing Street spokesman said.

"There was a light-hearted and not particularly successful demonstration at a reception that was being hosted at Downing Street."

A Scotland Yard spokesman said no police action was taken against anyone related to the attempted protest.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080722/wl_uk_afp/britainpoliticsprotestoffbeat
Thats classic.
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  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Should have just grabbed him by the balls...

    "keep your goons away or I'll squeeze until my fingernails bleed!!"

    (Must have been his latest spiel about how much he loves Israel and wants Iran to cease and step down from enriching 3% when it really needs to be enriching at 97% to build a bomb.......but anyhow.......even with an IAEA clean bill of health they must be stopped at once....and prove a double negative....(or else))
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

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  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    Classic. And the name is so apropos! Apparently you can shake away his arm.
    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08

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