Support your local protest !

A fine woodland run on Saturday immediately followed by a trip to Newcastle, and then this morning back in Glasgow for a run around a 19^th century park, which makes an excellent running track, complete with swans and ducks.

The anti-capitalism camps are reaching a difficult time in the UK, as they have done elsewhere. The patrician authorities, like indulgent parents finally running out of patience, are essentially saying “You’ve made your point. Now run along and let’s get back to normal before I lose my temper”. Admittedly, the effectiveness of a permanent camp as a means of maintaining public focus on the issues is questionable. Probably, regular demonstrations would be better, being less prone to being dismissed as the antics of a handful of under-employed camping enthusiasts. On reflection though, both would be better still !

The critical matter is that the protests continue. As a timely reminder of what they are about, not only have the salaries of the top 100 CEOs in UK risen by an unbelievable 50% in the last 12 months of austerity and job loss, but the Queen’s eldest son has now been shown to be protecting his £18m private annual income by influencing government legislation that might affect his business interests (ref).