While I didn’t see the live coverage of the Chilcot inquiry today, I did have the dubious pleasure of being in the company of some individuals that had been protesting there. They were frankly rather loud and rather drunk which does seem to be de rigeur for placard wavers these days.
What we need are more eloquent, informed protestors. I absolutely support those, but drunken probably ill-informed rent-a-mobs aren’t in anyone’s best interest.
How our paths crossed you might wonder, well I made the mistake of attempting to coax food from a glacially slow Burger King at a motorway service area. While I was waiting, the hoard descended. Repeatedly demanding “they wanted it their way” drew a stony faced response from the employee manning the till who’d clearly heard that one before.