Democracy Village. By Uncle Monty.

Democracy Village. By Uncle Monty.

Village Photos By Alex Albion.
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After spending yesterday afternoon having

close chats with the Archbishops of Canterbury,

Westminster, Wales, Southwark, and Cardiff,

along with numerous other Anglican, Catholic,
and Orthodox bishops, at the extraordinary

invitation I had accepted to attend the 400th

Welsh Anniversary of “Gwasanaeth Eciwmenaidd

- yn dathlu bywyd - Cymru’s Sant John Roberts,”
I then stopped by in the early evening, and before

dinner with friends, at London’s Parliament Square

to visit first-hand the controversial “Democracy

Village” that has sprung up there right under

the big shadow of England’s Big Ben.
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Front Entrance To London's "Democracy Village."

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On entering the village encampment, my immediate

impression was a disconcerting one with a motley cast

of young and alienated misfits, weirdos, freaks, odd-

balls, nut cases, and fringe folks, who seemed to have

latched on to become the so-called “residents” or

“villagers” of what they have dubbed as their own

“Democracy Village.” There, I spent a couple of hours

observing “village life” right under my own nose and

right opposite the British Houses of Commons and

Lords. What I had now done was to literally go from

talking to vibrant archbishops to vibrant anarcharists

within less than half an hour. I also met some vibrant

loonies, too. And, I had now stepped from High

Church to Low Comedy.
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Two Cloonies In One!

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Many of the residents I met at Democracy

Village did'nt seem to have a brain in their

strange heads from what I could see. Some

childishly declared themselves fit and ready

to create anarchy and havoc just for the heck

of it. To me, many seemed to be "broken" or

"lost" young people living in a world all of

their own and almost detached from the

raw reality of real life.

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Some of "The Residents" of Democracy Village.

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With roughly 60 small tents - a loose kind of

"Tent City" of sorts, if you will – and with about

250 irregular “villagers,” there was a feeling of

debilitating insanity in the air as some of the

Democracy Village residents acted out with

their rambling public speeches, disjointed

dancing, rude gesticulations, foul language,

cockeyed-singing and peculiar mannerisms.

Some seemed little more than latter-day

peaceniks, flower children, dupeheads, and

social retards . They hollered and screamed

about their desire to one day rid the world

of injustice, prejudice and hate. Yet, they

wouldn't know how to take care of a dead

ferret let alone start to change the world for

the better. Sadly, too, what I also saw at De-

mocracy Village were mainly marginalized and

stateless people, if not for some simply homeless

per se. Worse still, I wouldn't want some of them

to be my next door neighbour, since they resemb-

led those kind of would-be neighbours from hell!!

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Brian Haw - The Veteran London Peace

Protestor At Parliament Square.

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You haven't really been to Parliament Square,

if you haven't seen or visited Brian Haw. I first

met him in 2005 and have since followed closely

his anti-war protests against Iraq and Afghanistan,

etc. When I stopped by to chat with him again,

Brian Haw was none too happy about the rise of

“Democracy Village” right under his own toes.

He has been pretty much sidelined since the

"villagers" took over his nearby protest spot with

their own public protests. He told me he wanted

them out of there saying they had brought no

good to Parliament Square or to him! Their

presence is a clear irritant to Brian Haw. Since

the High Court has last week ruled that the

“Democracy Village” people must decamp by

peaceful and lawful means from Parliament

Square, Brain himself will be left legally in-

tact to stay there to continue his own

long-held lawful protests against the

horror of war. Bravo, Brian Haw!
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An Assortment of People at Democracy Village.

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From what I saw of the assortment of "broken"

folkz at Democracy Village, I fear there is going to

be an awful confrontation between them and the

Met Police once the latest court order is enforced.

Some will leave peacefully, of course, but still

others won't budge no matter if the riot copz are

called to clear them out from the public square,

that it is or was until the villagers rudely and

aggressively took over the place. It's become

a kind of free London tourist stop is the village

now with foreign visitors snapping photos of the

encampment to take home with them. But, I

noticed that some parents with young kidz

were rather apprehensive of letting them

enter "The Village" and soon grabbed

their kidz to go elsewhere with them.

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In The Big Shadow of Big Ben.

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Day 22 on Hunger Strike at Democracy Village.

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On Strike For Peace!

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Tents, Tents, Everywhere!!

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One reason why I went to Democracy Village
was to make up my own mind about what was

really going on there before I decided I would

either support or oppose the villagers at Parliament

Square. It didn’t take me long to decide the place

was a bloody mess - even as I saw a couple of the

villagers trying to clean-up the place or village

of piles of refuse and garbage all over the place -

and polluted with seriously messed-up people

who are going nowhere other than breathing

the air to live a life of crazy existence for the

most part. What they have done at Parliament

Square is to commandeer what is not their's.
They're more or less illegal squatters to put

it mildly. Public protests I clearly support - I

should know all about that in my own current

stages of protest against The Big Issue's Peter

and John Bird - but the loonies of "Democracy

Village" are what we say in America: "Trailer

Park Trash" at best or at worst useless

human derelicts to put it frankly ...

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Democracy Villagers Now Stuck With Paying £88,000

For Eviction Legal Costs By British High Court.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23857588-parliament-protesters-refuse-to-pay-pound-88000-eviction-legal-costs.do

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The sooner Democracy Village is removed just on

the basis of being an eyesore and heath hazard,

the better. And even better still, Parliament

Square should be given back to the real people to

enjoy again at their own leasure and pleasure and

among the national statues of Churchill, Smuts,

Palmerston, Lloyd George, Mandela and all.

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News results for democracy village.
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:: NEWS FLASH ::

DEMOCRACY VILLAGE IS NO MORE!!

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23857909-parliament-square-protesters-evicted-in-early-morning-swoop.do

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Peace be unto you, Uncle Monty.

+St. John Roberts of Wales, 2010.
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Debadged or Not! By Uncle Monty.

http://allaboutthebigissue.blogspot.com/2010/07/debadged-by-uncle-monty.html

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