Piers, what’s on your mind?

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So Piers… what’s going on? (Verbatim interview)

PT - Well, its quite a grey Friday on the Portobello road today on the Portobello market. A lot of people have already packed up. I’m still reeling from the bread stall not being there…which is part of my Friday routine.

DR - Where’s that?

PT - That is down by the Electric cinema. Uhmm, but the world seems topsy-turvy Damian. We’ve got Extinction Rebellion out in Trafalgar square.

DR - Is it day three now?

PT - No, it’s day five.

DR - Day five.

PT - I must say I’m quite impressed. I didn’t think they’d get through day one, uhhmm. So, we’re all very supportive of that. Though I do notice there’s a certain number of complaints about the… someone XR sent a card and some flowers to Brixton Police station, thanking them for treating the XR protestors so well. But there is uhhh… some people are saying of course that a number of young black men have ended their days in custody in a cell, so… that seems to be a beef. There’s always a beef.

DR - There’s always a beef, but it’s nice that we’re at least trying to be in the era of non-violent protests.

PT - We are trying to be in the era of direct non-violent action and whatever anyone has to say, you have to admit it’s on the front page of all the newspapers. So, big up to XR.

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