Day 272 - 02 Jul 96 - Page 57


     
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     2        "Saturday the 21st October, the second anti-McDonald's
     3        fayre.  Last year - that is 1988 - as part of the
     4        anti-McDonald's campaign Greenpeace London organised the
     5        world's first anti-McDonald's fayre in London.  The event
     6        was a huge success".
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     8        And then there is a bit about how many different groups
     9        there are, organic beer and vegetarian food.  And if you
    10        look at the next paragraph it says:
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    12        "About fifteen hundred people attended the fayre and we
    13        managed to cover our costs, which is amazing considering we
    14        made no entrance charge.  We were so pleased with the whole
    15        event that we have decided to repeat it this year and make
    16        it even bigger and better."
    17
    18        Now, assuming the figure of fifteen hundred to be about
    19        right for 1988, can you remember how many people, roughly
    20        speaking, members of the public I mean or sympathetic
    21        members of other groups, attended the 1989 fayre?
    22        A.   I would say about two thousand.
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    24   Q.   And that is, perhaps, not quite as good as you hoped for,
    25        but certainly better than '88, was it not?
    26        A.   Yes.
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    28   Q.   You were hoping for an increase on fifteen hundred, were
    29        you not?
    30        A.   We were hoping to attract more people to an event we
    31        had organised who would then have a chance to see the
    32        stalls and videos and workshops available on the day, yes,
    33        get something out of it.
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    35   Q.   You still persist in saying that at the 1989 world
    36        anti-McDonald's action day East Finchley on the 16th
    37        October 1989, there really were not enough copies of the
    38        fact sheet available for you to take them along and
    39        distribute them to members of the public.  Is that right?
    40        A.   Well, it had been decided way back in 1987 that the
    41        fact sheet would not be handed out in the streets in bulk.
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    43   Q.   Because there were not enough of them?
    44        A.  Because there were not enough of them and also because
    45        it was considered a waste that people would pick it up and
    46        may look at it briefly and then throw it away.
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    48   Q.   Throw it away, yes?
    49        A.  That is why the A5 leaflet was published.  Less
    50        wasteful, less costly to print.
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    52   Q.   Well then, can we have a look at tab 39 please --
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    54   MR. JUSTICE BELL:   We will take a five-minute break there, Mr.
    55        Rampton.
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    57   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, I would quite like to finish this point,
    58        if I may, before the break.
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    60   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes, do then.

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