


The Big Issue H.Q.
By Uncle Monty.
Photos By Ian West, William 
Maher and Alex Albion.
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Legal counsel suggests that perhaps the only way 
to get the attention of Peter and John Bird of UK’s 
homeless street paper called The Big Issue, is to 
seek from the courts a legal injunction against their
business and charity. And, then for us to litigate from 
there to legally resolve the illegally suspension of me
by The Big Issue because of my blog content that 
they politically and socialistically detest. They want
to curtail my freedom of speech against them by
to curtail my freedom of speech against them by
inflicting their arbitrary and capricious suspension
of me from my five year Big Issue pitch at
London's Long Acre outside Cafe Nero.
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The Big Issue H.Q. at London's Vauxhall. 
6:00am to 2:00pm, yesterday at the Big Issue
H.Q. - I saw a whole range of people who were 
broken-winged from the drunk, to the discarded
to the disabled and to the depressed. They reflect
not only the social decay and decline of modern
British society, but also the ready exploitation of them
to sell The Big Issue by the avaricious and arrogant ilk 
of The Bird Brothers. Indeed, such sharks like Peter 
and John Bird thrive and profit off the broken-winged
that are often found among those suffering from
homelessness and marginalization. Without the 
homeless, of course, the heartless and condescend-
ing Bird Brothers wouldn’t exist and their present 
fat bank accounts would be pretty much thin like 
the rest of us, I suspect. Of the 3,000+ vendors
who are badged by The Big Issue outfit, none can 
come close to the enormous pay of Peter and John
Bird and some of their minion employees. Volunteer-
ing people also only make The Birds richer and the 
more vendors they can recruit the richer they become
at the expense of the street vendors like me. So, The 
Big Issue street vendor is, day by day, financially
and economically exploited and screwed by them.
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The trouble with The Bird Brothers is they don’t like
those who aren’t broken-winged, like me, because
The trouble with The Bird Brothers is they don’t like
those who aren’t broken-winged, like me, because
they cannot easily silence them like they so often do 
with the broken-winged. That's why they finall
suspended me under their catch-all guise of "bring-
suspended me under their catch-all guise of "bring-
ing The Big Issue into disrepute." So much then for
freedom of speech, which The Big Issue publicly
espouses while it won't allow for their vendors like
me to shine a bright and disturbing light on them.
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Big Issue Vendors Ian & Spencer Outside Big Issue H.Q.
face at around mid-day, but he deliberately ignored me
as he walked on by just within a couple of feet from me
all dressed in his patterned-blue, open-neck, dress shirt
and his causal fitted blue jeans. He headed straight to
Starbucks that is next door to The Big Issue head-
quarters, but I never saw him leave after that. No
wonder they also call him “slick and slimey.”
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What I saw of him yesterday showed me that his body
What I saw of him yesterday showed me that his body
language and physical posture was clearly anti-Uncle 
Monty. But who cares? Not me! I think after what I 
saw of Peter Bird perhaps indicates we’re now in for 
a long haul and a protracted public fight that is just
fine with me. I am a patient man who always bids his
time against those who seek to do me down like The
Bird Brothers. Earlier, I also saw one of their angry-
faced sidekicks Martin, who has been a four-year Big
Issue employee that is shorter than the time I have
been a Big Issue vendor at London's Covent Garden.
The dickhead now heads the so-called vendor services
in place of Paul Joseph who has quit The Big Issue to
in place of Paul Joseph who has quit The Big Issue to
attend university. I saw yesterday around 30 other 
employees and volunteers arrive at the headquarters
by mostly 10:00am or earlier. I also couldn't help mis-
take Big Issue’s ever morose Steve Farrell Wood and 
standoffish Linda Driver. While one of my most favourite
humanbeings is Oli Brown, who was seen in all his usual
warm and friendly glory. Bravo! Sanjev was engaging in
his own way, but the majority of Big Issue staffers just 
ignored me and my peaceful public protest. There has 
been a concerted conspiracy by the rabid Bird Brothers
to give me the "silent treatment" by ordering staff not
to speak to me. They have also smeared me behind
my back and have accused me of some awful things!
They forget that the "silent treatment" of me is mean-
They forget that the "silent treatment" of me is mean-
ingless against the power of the written word. So
powerful is such, that The Bird Brothers only help 
themselves to become even more publicly deminish-
ed and disrespected as they most certainly should 
be. They give no mercy, so they get no mercy. 
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My finest weapon, therefore, is my every written
My finest weapon, therefore, is my every written
word I write against them. Sure, I am a low-level 
writer although I wish I was gifted to be one of the
world’s greatest writers. But alas, such is not to be -
pity for me. After all, I only taught myself to write
in my older age when I got my first ‘puter some 18
years ago in America. At that time, I didn’t know the 
difference between a keyborad and a motherboard. 
That’s why the kids at church then called me a 
“dumb ass.” They were right! Now years 
later, it's all Hi Fives ...
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Surreal-Like Graphic of Uncle Monty
Protesting at The Big Issue H.Q.
of vendors who voluntarily signed my petition without 
me even asking them to do so. Of the 15 or so vendors I 
saw, almost 11 did sign when they stopped to chat with
me. One vendor who had signed, however, came back 
after he’d been to buy his Big Issue magazines or “books” 
claiming that I’d "tricked" him into signing! I immediately 
removed his name from my petition drive. I don’t need to
trick anybody into signing and least of all my fellow vendors.
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Another friendly vendor said he’d been told that I had
Another friendly vendor said he’d been told that I had
threatened to “kill John Bird.” I’m not the killing-type nor 
do I support the street killings and violent acts of war that
I see all around me thesedays. It seems Graham Walker’s 
upcoming story “Dead Bird Walking” has triggered the
false story of “killing John Bird.” Anybody with the 
least amount of gumption would know the use of such a 
phrase like “Dead Bird Walking” is a figurative or literary 
one. Another evil smear that is emanating from The Big
Issue is that I support child pornography! I MOST CER-
TAINLY AND UNEQUIVOCALLY DO NOT! I personally 
detest all forms of pornography and anybody who says 
otherwise of me is a pathological liar and a smear artist. 
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Such then is the out and out dirty campaign by The Big
Issue against me to try to justify their illegal suspension 
of me by Peter and John Bird. I was also told yesterday
that John Bird was sick and dying. At age 65, many
folks are at his age. But I have no reason to think or
believe the Big Issue honcho himself - A. John Bird, 
M.B.E - is in any way near to dying or being sick.
I'm older than him and feel better now than when
I was 20 years younger despite the fact that I'm 
on daily heart medication. I love life, but have 
absolutely no fear of dying as an avid and 
affirming English Anglican that gives me deep
strength every day of my life no matter what
Peter and John Bird do to try to destroy me
personally. As an old-age pensioner, I shouldn't 
even have to be out there protesting against 
them. But as a proud Protestant by rearing I 
was born to protest, I guess. And that I will 
continue to do, until The Bird Brothers come to
their senses and do justice for me or have a change
of heart. It also looks like the peace proposal by my 
old friend of 40 years - W. J. Curtis of New Zealand -
has been rejected and made dead on arrival by 
Peter & John Bird ... They have so little wisdom or
foresight from what I've seen and heard of them
lately. But what else should we expect?
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Homeless Couple Kindly Visit With Me At My Big 
Issue H.Q. Protest. It Was The First I'd Seen of Them.
that The Big Issue could have resolved our differences
immediately by simply undoing my open-ended
suspension and inviting me into their headquarters
to buy my usual stock of magazines and then letting 
us all get on with our usual daily business. They have, 
has I've just stated before, so little wisdom or open 
foresight it seems. Instead, they've dug themselves
in deeper and given me the "silent treatment" and 
now refuse to budge. So lookout for Day 3 of my 
continuing protest that will begin after America’s 
Memorial Day weekend that coincides with our UK
Bank Holiday weekend that starts here tomorrow. 
The power of protest is to be there ... 
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Among my other planned venues of protest include
the Royal Courts of Justice, The Metro/Daily Mail
news complex, Sky TV, and other ideal locations like 
The House of Commons, to draw public and media
attention to the vile issue at hand between me and
The Bird Brothers of The Big Issue. The key to
success is always to make things happen and not
to just stand there helplessly or to curl up in a cor-
ner like a defenseless little boy. But above all, fight
with all your might against those who dare to
trample on you in broad daylight or dismiss you 
in the darkness of the night. And, always pray!!
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Trust in Him always, Uncle Monty.
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Trust in Him always, Uncle Monty.
+Ember Day, 2010.
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“Tony Blair ... I wouldn’t use him as a doormat
downstairs,” says ex-Harrod’s owner Mohamed
downstairs,” says ex-Harrod’s owner Mohamed
Fayed. Well said, my dear sir! Blair is just a big 
greedy socialist skunk. He is a War Criminal, too.
At the British Inquest of the People's Princess, Mr. 
Fayed and I were seated almost together has we
attended the inquest on the same day that it was
held under the presiding royal coroner Lord Justice
Scott Baker. Mr. Fayed has a platoon of 50, yes
50, grim bodyguards at where ever he goes ... 
A four-letter farewell from Mohamed Fayed News
By Sam Leith.
By Sam Leith.
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Hello monty
ReplyDeleteI didnt know you was back from
Russia until i read all this
stuff pouring out from big issue
at you. Sorry. I think youre
too good for it. Thank you for
youR carD. it arrived from sT.
petersburg yesterday. much love
amy Garvin. (email with held by
request).
monty its me again
ReplyDeleteno mate big issue wont back down
for you. they dont care a shit
about the sellers
take it to court
that is the best way to beat
the pricks .
cheers mate
(name and email with held)
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