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FREE BRONSON PROTEST AND BOOK LAUNCH OUTSIDE BUCKINGHAM
PALACE
FULL REPORT
6th August 2011
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Some 50 to 60 staunch supporters turned up outside the gates of
Buckingham Palace at 2 pm on Saturday 6th August 2011 to
protest at the continued inhumane treatment and detention of
Charles Bronson. They strapped their banners to the Palace
gates and hundreds of tourists and passers-by started to get
involved.
Why Buckingham Palace? Well, Charlie's new book, PRISON
DIARIES FROM THE CONCRETE COFFIN, is dedicated to his
landlady, HRH Queen Elizabeth II.
After about twenty minutes armed police turned up to find
out what was going on. They told the assembled protestors
that they could arrest every one of them on the spot.
However, the police could see that the protest was
completely peaceful and good-natured, so they simply asked
them to take their banners down from the gates and I
understand that there was some friendly banter too-ing and
fro-ing between protestors and the long arm of the law.
The protestors decided to move on to the Ministry of
Justice, where the doors were quickly locked for fear that
the building might be stormed. They obviously don't realise
what a peaceful lot our people are! Ordinary law-abiding
citizens concerned about a great injustice being done to a
human being by the Prison Service.
From there they proceeded to Downing Street where they
displayed their banners and then to the
Houses of Parliament before finally ending up at Trafalgar
Square. Quite a jaunt for our intrepid protestors, but they
got maximum publicity, being seen, photographed and videoed by tens of thousands of
Londoners and tourists.
I was deeply gutted that I couldn't attend. A month ago I
became blinded in the right eye and it became obvious after
just thirty odd miles of riding that my left eye wasn't up
to making the long journey to London and I had to limp home
very slowly ... and carefully. That said, I salute all those brave men and
women who attended the event to make their outrage at
Charlie's treatment known throughout the Capital. You are
ALL my heroes.
It's just a shame that the many thousands of
people who profess to be supporters on Facebook can't get
out there to show their conviction of Charlie's Just cause.
But, judging from what those who did attend tell me,
it was their loss as everyone who was there
had a very enjoyable day in the Capital.
There's a gallery of photos from the event at the
bottom of this page and here is a report from "Charlie look-alike" Steve Swatton,
who bravely organised the event:
Dear Mal,
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Stevie Boy outside the gates
of Buckingham Palace |
I hope you’re OK and keeping well. Sorry to hear
about you eye.
The August 6th Demo went very well. We got our point
across without anyone getting arrested … which was
an added bonus.
I know the Queen was at home at the time of the
event, not just because the flag was flying high,
but because I saw her living room curtains
twitching. I bet she said to old Prince Phillip
“Fuck me Phillip, it’s that nutter Swatton again.
First of all he bombards me with mail and now the
bald headed bastard is stood there in front of my
front gates surrounded by ruffians holding up
banners with some sort of book in his hand!”
I tried three times to get the book into the Palace,
all to no avail. I even thought of pushing it under
the gates, but in hindsight I’m glad I was talked
out of it because it would have been treated as a
bomb scare and half of London would have been shut
off! [Note from Mal: Would that have been the
half that wasn’t being burned down in the riots
Steve?]
The book is now going on ebay as the book that
visited Charlie’s landlady and the proceeds will go
towards helping Charlie’s legal costs.
I met a lot of Charlie’s friends and supporters, all
good compassionate people … salt of the earth. I
should like to say a thank you to Ifty for looking
after me on the day; if it wasn’t for him I would
have been lost more than once, I can tell you. Charlie loves it when I tell him people mistake me
for him, sometimes at his charity events. It gives
him a good laugh.
All joking aside, there will only be ONE Charlie
Bronson and I’m only half the man he is. I’m proud
and honoured to be his friend.
Thanks to everyone,
Old Steveie Boy
PS God Save Our Queen. Max Respect.
PPS I haven’t got a computer. I’ve been told
that there’s a lot of messages on the web. A friend
runs my Facebook page for me. I’ll try to get
messages out to all of you. Please don’t think I’m
being rude or disrespectful. It’s just that I’m a
right old dinosaur: no mobile, no computer, no
transport … just like the REAL Charlie Bronson, eh?
Respect and love to everyone of you.
Old Stevie Boy |
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