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     1        an inference that because somebody attends a demonstration
     2        they organised it.  It is a ridiculous inference to draw.
     3
     4        In terms of October 1990 demonstration, which was the only
     5        demonstration remaining, this one Mr. Nicholson said that
     6        he considered that we were the organisers, and this is all
     7        from the same day's evidence.  Day 258, from page 37
     8        onwards.  I don't know which page this particular part is
     9        on.  It would be shortly after that.  I asked him, he had
    10        already said that by October 1990 he considered myself and
    11        Mr. Gravett were the organisers and that he had also said
    12        "and others", so I then said, "Which others are you
    13        referring to?"  He said, "Mr. Morris and the other two
    14        names that were on the writs."  That was Farrell, and he
    15        could not remember the other name.  Anyway, it is the five
    16        names on the writs.
    17
    18        I asked him, "What was the basis of that?" and he said,
    19        "The strength of the agencies' reports."  I said, "The
    20        notes that have been disclosed, the evidence that is in
    21        front of us from the inquiries agents, from the statements
    22        and their notes?"  He said, "Yes", that was what he was
    23        referring to.  I said, "You are not referring to any other
    24        notes or any other evidence that we have not seen?"  and he
    25        said, "No."
    26
    27        So the sole demonstration which Mr. Nicholson is asserting
    28        on behalf of the Plaintiffs that we organised is the
    29        October 1990 picket of head office, and the basis for that
    30        is the evidence in the spies' statements and in their
    31        notes.  We would say it is perfectly plain from that that
    32        there is absolutely no evidence to substantiate either
    33        myself or Mr. Morris being an organiser of that
    34        demonstration, and, in Mr. Morris's case, you should bear
    35        in mind that it is accepted on behalf of the Plaintiffs
    36        that he did not even attend that demonstration.
    37
    38        So this assertion in their press release that we were the
    39        organisers of various demonstrations and that we had a
    40        leading role in the campaign is just not backed up by any
    41        evidence whatsoever in this case, and the reality is that
    42        all the evidence shows the opposite, that Mr. Gravett said
    43        that he had been responsible for organising the campaign.
    44
    45        Again, the only evidence in relation to organisation of
    46        anti-McDonald's fairs, the only source of evidence about
    47        that, can be from either the spies' evidence or the
    48        evidence of Defence witnesses and we would say on the basis
    49        of -- well, there is not sufficient basis, there is not any
    50        basis, for saying that we organised the anti-McDonald's 
    51        fairs going from the evidence of the spies, and that from 
    52        the evidence of the Defence it is the opposite, that we 
    53        were not involved in organising the anti-McDonald's fairs.
    54        Mr. Gravett organised the anti-McDonald's fairs with help
    55        from Charlie, for example, and the evidence is that myself
    56        and Mr. Morris were not involved in organising them.
    57        Actually, for that matter, that is not just the evidence of
    58        Defence witnesses; that is the evidence of Mr. Pocklington
    59        who attended the fair as well.
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