Reclaim the streets on Saturday was totally cool. We arrived a bit later than the 1pm kick-off, but found the tunnel pary just beginning. Some lovely ladies did a burlesque kinda dance to a train song, cross-dressed as they were as male “shitty rail” guards. Ladies, you’re the best!

While walking from the tunnel to Hyde Park, I was in the back. Just strolling and chatting to some friends. The police behind me (those riot specials) wanted us to move along more quickly. But you can only move as fast as the crowd is, so I went at my own pace. One of them pushed me in the back. I turned around and clearly said “keep your hands off me, you do not have permission to touch me!”. With immense immaturity, he responded by yelling “I’ll touch you as much as I want”, punctuating his speech with pushes. I again told him “keep your hands off my body!”, and he pushed me again.

It wasn’t an altogether violent experience, but when someone whos job it is to protect your rights violates them so wontonly, you’ve got to remark upon it.