Men Of Horwich: Marching War Veterans Told To Pay For Remembrance Day Parade
OK, not matching, more doddering. But this is shameful:
– A Remembrance Day parade held for the past 60 years or so in Horwich, Lancashire, will not go ahead this November. The police and local council want the marchers to provide barriers, pay countless “marshals” at £50 per day to manage the route and charge up to £800 for every road that needs to be closed.
The war veterans can’t afford it. What they should do, of course, is ignore the council and the police and march anyway, refusing to pay a penny all the while and with a total absence of barriers of any kind. And almost certainly find the entire town has fallen in step behind them. Go on, copper; prosecute that.
Rod Liddle is right. And if the vets go with their old service revolvers to Town Hall so much the better…
Posted: 29th, July 2007 | In: Reviews Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
