{"id":417,"date":"2019-10-21T13:05:30","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T12:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livingstones.blog\/?p=417"},"modified":"2019-10-21T13:05:30","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T12:05:30","slug":"thought-policeman-on-the-peterloo-fringe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livingstones.uk\/?p=417","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Thought Policeman&#8217; on the Peterloo fringe?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There was a &#8216;Peterloo March&#8217; in Manchester on Saturday 19th, an inter-group demonstration and march to commemorate 200 years since the Peterloo Massacre. Several groups of <strong>&#8216;Leavers of X&#8217;<\/strong> were there with their banners. A minutes&#8217; silence was<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">\u00a0held at the point where 15 demonstrators were killed and around 600 injured as the\u00a0 &#8216;magistrates&#8217; sent in the Yeomanry with their swords and sabres to cut down and discourage the sheeple from ever again daring to complain against the ruling &#8216;elite&#8217; of the day. At the end of our march, speakers presented with encouraging words. However, during the speeches, I did notice this guy, standing around at the fringe of the crowd, writing copious notes on a tablet, and, whenever he felt anyone was watching, he covered his face with a scarf. Does anyone recognize the face or have any suggestions whom he might represent &#8211; government security perhaps?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-417 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/livingstones.uk\/?attachment_id=419'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/livingstones.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/19.10.19-observer-1-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livingstones.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/19.10.19-observer-1-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/livingstones.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/19.10.19-observer-1-1-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/livingstones.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/19.10.19-observer-1-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/livingstones.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/19.10.19-observer-1-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-419'>\n\t\t\t\tdav\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/livingstones.uk\/?attachment_id=420'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/livingstones.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/19.10.19-observer-2-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livingstones.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/19.10.19-observer-2-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/livingstones.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/19.10.19-observer-2-1-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/livingstones.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/19.10.19-observer-2-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/livingstones.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/19.10.19-observer-2-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-420'>\n\t\t\t\toznorMB\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a &#8216;Peterloo March&#8217; in Manchester on Saturday 19th, an inter-group demonstration and march to commemorate 200 years since the Peterloo Massacre. Several groups of &#8216;Leavers of X&#8217; were there with their banners. A minutes&#8217; silence was\u00a0held at the point where 15 demonstrators were killed and around 600 injured as the\u00a0 &#8216;magistrates&#8217; sent in&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/livingstones.uk\/?p=417\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8216;Thought Policeman&#8217; on the Peterloo fringe?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingstones.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingstones.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingstones.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingstones.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingstones.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/livingstones.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingstones.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingstones.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingstones.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}