An open letter to my bailiffs
To whom it may concern, thank you for your letters requesting £1000. Thank you in particular for the recent letter regarding a "Distress Warrant". It is a helpful reminder that…
Fortnum and Mason trial C – Not Guilty
What a wonderful final scene of the first act of this farce. When the CPS chose to prosecute only 30 of the 145 people arrested in Fortnum and Mason's on…
Shop a Scrounger – the £1500 F&M poem
We always knew things in Fortnum and Mason were expensive. But this poem cost Danny Chivers £1500. He was among those found guilty yesterday of 'aggrevated trespass with intent to…
Fortnum and Mason trial B: the farce rolls on
Westminster Magistrates Court, 12 March, 2012: Fortnum and Mason trial B. You can read my write up of 'trial A' from November. By the time I arrived at the Westminster…
Starmer Drama: DPP’s Today programme announcement shows that the CPS are not even following their bizarre new guidelines
By one of the Fortnum & Mason arrestees These days, I’m all too used to being woken up by the sound of my own voice shouting at the radio. This…
Why I don’t mask up
During the protests over the last year and a bit certain trends have cropped up amongst both those newly radicalized and those old hands that have been involved in protest…
From monotony to farce: my Fortnum and Mason’s trial
“Which judge have you got?”. That this is the first question asked by anyone familiar with the justice system perhaps says all you need to know about its operation. Throughout…
Justice for whom? Fortnum and Mason vs the 99%
This piece first appeared on the Red Pepper blog Before the credit crunch, the last run on a UK bank was in 1878. The directors of the Bank of Glasgow…
First 10 of the Fortnum and Mason 145 Found Guilty
The first 10 of the Fortnum and Mason 145 were today found guilty of "Aggravated Trespass" for a peaceful protest in which no evidence was produced of intimidation. Here is…
Day One of the Fortnum and Mason 145 Trial
Report from the court room by an anonymous defendant originally posted at the FM145 site. Nerve racking morning, early start, with all the anticipation of an 8 months wait since…