I was a bit disappointed, turnout was obviously a lot lower , some people saying due to holiday but others said some of their friends who usually come couldn’t be bothered.
We should never have lost the mom we had . sabotaged in my view .
i think with the easing of restrictions etc people have given up .
Just my opinion . I had no energy on the march ,could not be bothered to engage with anyone .( first time)
infact nearly left 2 times but just as I was leaving someone I knew spotted me and i walked with them .
sorry to put a downer on it if you had a great day. Just my opinion …
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Excellent job re the placards, A406, and the honks, Xena - brilliant stuff! :)
Numbers, for me are definitely a motivating factor, and hundreds of thousands would be superb, if not millions...
Hitting the suburbs and reaching out is still, I find, really positive. A march up the A10, through Dalston & Hackney, could be an idea, or further West like Camden, Islington, Highbury etc.
I agree with what Rosie has said about the marching etc. It sounds like I had a 90%+ similar day. Was giving out leaflets and ran out because bystanders were so responsive. Wish I'd taken more leaflets with me. Ended up giving out lots of small blue 'exempt' cards. March was possibly a bit long, but then no pain no gain! Plenty of places to stop for a pee, if one needed to. Also, I'm familiar with S London, so that probably helped too. Maybe N London (like Shoreditch, Dalston, Hackney, etc...) next time?
Felt that taking our vibes into the suburbs was far better than Oxford St etc., or listening to/watching stuff that most of us already know. My opinion, and I'm glad this sort of discussion is happening.
I think some people got bored because they want more action, they want daily protest. Others got bored because the MSM either ignore us or criticise and label us. And this is where many people have got it wrong. Protesting is not about getting the attention from the media, neither about getting a good report from them. Protesting is about wearing out the government and the rest of parliament, but of course, for that, we need to protest daily in a mass way. No one has won a war under a temporary part time fight.
I agree with you Rosie. I enjoyed the day thoroughly. I met lots of new people. I'm glad the march went out into the suburbs. People in Oxford street are mostly interested in shopping or sightseeing, and Parliament is out, so no point in going there either. I started chatting to a lady on the tube back to the train station, and she only lives down the road from me! She pointed me out to new group that meets in our area each week. I personally don't ever think it's a waste of time. People think that it's the end of the restrictions, but if the threatened vaccine passports come in then it won't be. I always tell people I don't care if I'm the only one left protesting. It's what I have to do until this madness ends.
XA..........its always interesting to hear everyone's take away feelings on these days. They are often varied experiences.
I spend a fair amount of time just observing...the rest of the time I share leaflets with awareness building information links.
My own personal view......
Today I myself, was actually pleasantly surprised at the turnout. As its a bank holiday weekend and the month of August and also understanding that so many very active 'activist' types are absolutely (mentally) exhausted with the last 'full on' eighteen months and the fact that there were also many regional rallies / marches; and taking into account the temporary easing of restrictions - I had actually expected less to show up than did!
I have attended every rally/march/protest since this blatant tyranny started and many have been awesomely inspiring. However, today was the first time I truly believed that we got it absolutely right. Instead of wasting time, chanting outside the houses of corruption and their associated buildings of puppet dictatorship, or just marching through central London, we actually took the message to the people. And the people wanted to hear, the people were very responsive, very friendly and very interested. Again, as per my own thoughts above, I underestimated the interest and completely ran out of leaflets! I gave out hundreds and could given given out hundreds more! Marching through residential areas in vast numbers as we did today is, in my view, exactly what is needed. As usual, support from car, truck, taxi & bus drivers was uplifting and heartwarming!
This was an excellent and immensely successful outreach exercise. Our numbers were plenty enough to create the attention required. We don't need MSM when we take the truth to the people ourselves. Face to face, human to human and with a smile This we must continue to do whilst we can.
Speaking this evening with a neighbour I was also heartened to learn that the threat of jabbing our kids has served to awaken many many more people locally, who had previously not been willing to listen to anyone speaking out against the mainstream narrative. Our numbers grow every minute of every hour of every day.