Thursday, June 05, 2003

DEMO UPDATE

There are still 11 Greenpeace demonstrators perched on the four cranes at the 2 Marsham Street building site for the new HQ of the Home Office. They've been there now for some 30 hours and threaten to stay until the Government responds to complaints about the use of unsustainable timber from Indonesia in contravention of Government policy and pledges given by Ministers. According to the Save or Delete site, a meeting with the contractors yesterday ended without resolution. It looks like the contracotrs and the police - in large presence around the site (including in Pret at lunchtime) - are going to sit this one out. Not a dicky bird from the Home Secretary ("I want to play a significant role in the development of coherent social policy for the Government") or Micheal Meacher (Minister for the Environment at DEFRA) ("The UK Government gives absolute priority to combating the importation and use of illegally logged timber in the UK.")

Meanwhile, work on the demolition continues, but the cranes are, for now, out of action.

I've taken a few photos which I shall upload tonight.

:: Posted by pete @ 13:15