This story's been on the news for a while...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-15495019
Quite an interesting one really. I've always believed that Jesus would be in one of the tents, siding as he did with the 'little people' - he certainly wouldn't have been on the side of corporate greed. Often thought there is a great irony in that one of the most backward, arcane institutions responsible for much of the world's misery and division has as its figurehead a peace-loving hippy with socialist leanings. He (Jesus) would have had little time for the big business organised religion has become...
As a sidenote, I notice the general smear campaign is in full swing, specifically along the lines of all the 'Ruperts' and 'Arabellas' going home at night to their Notting Hill pied-a-terres paid for with daddy's money. Since when is it somehow sinful to have a social/moral conscience if you're fortunate to come from a well-to-do background. Perhaps if more of their natural peers also had a modicum of humility and sense of social responsibility those f***ing tents wouldn't have to be there in the first place...
That's almost 'Thought For The Day' material........
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