Day 261 - 12 Jun 96 - Page 42


     
     1   MR. RAMPTON:  Did you have -----
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     3   MR. MORRIS:  It is too late now.
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     5   MR. RAMPTON:  The answer could be "no one".
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     7   THE WITNESS:  The group certainly had no formal structure.
     8        However, the people who attended most frequently and were
     9        what I would say the strongest personalities were the ones
    10        who people tended to -- whose ideas and suggestions tended
    11        to be followed.
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    13   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Please, I am finding it very difficult to
    14        hear, Mr. Pocklington.  Keep your voice right up, please.
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    16   MR. RAMPTON:  So the regular people, could I call them the core
    17        members ---
    18        A.  Yes, that is how I would refer to them.
    19
    20   Q.   -- would, perhaps because they were there more often, tend
    21        to map out the group's activities; is that fair?
    22        A.  They certainly had a stronger influence on the group's
    23        activities.
    24
    25   Q.   In that regard, when one is looking at the anti-McDonald's
    26        facet of the group's activities, were there some who were
    27        more hostile or more active in the anti-McDonald's
    28        activities than others?
    29        A.  Yes, yes.  Some -- there were pet subject, so to speak,
    30        they did not necessarily maintain in people's -- prominent
    31        subjects with people forever, but they, certainly
    32        throughout the time I was there, there were people --
    33        Paul Gravett is certainly the person who I recall being
    34        most keen on raising the McDonald's issue.
    35
    36   Q.   Yes.  When he raised the McDonald's issue, perhaps -- I do
    37        not know -- to suggest an activity or something, what
    38        measure of support or disagreement did he get from other
    39        members of the group, including particularly, of course,
    40        Ms. Steel and Mr. Morris?
    41        A.  I do not ever recall anyone objecting to any action or
    42        statement regarding McDonald's.
    43
    44   MR. RAMPTON:   My Lord, that is the end of my questions in
    45        chief.
    46
    47   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.  Pause a moment.
    48
    49   MS. STEEL:   Can we start at two o'clock?
    50 
    51   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Two o'clock. 
    52 
    53                         (Luncheon Adjournment)
    54
    55                    Cross-examined by the Defendants
    56
    57   MS. STEEL:   I am finding my notes.  Mr. Pocklington, are you
    58        still working for Kings?
    59        A.  No, I am not.
    60

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