A protester at the G20 summit is too caught up in
changing the world to notice the cameramen
photo: bbc.co.uk
photo: bbc.co.uk
— whenever he was under its influence, he knew the secret of the universe, but when he came to, he had forgotten it. At last, with immense effort, he wrote down the secret before the vision had faded. When completely recovered, he rushed to see what he had written. It was “A smell of petroleum prevails throughout”.
All day long the media were almost encouraging people to get violent. Having BBC News 24 and Sky News on in the office was a strange experience: the channels seemed almost disappointed when so few people got injured and so little damage was done.
Also: coming in and out of work, I wasn’t able to tell anything unusual was going on in London. Westminster was as calm as it always is.
Gary