Day 272 - 02 Jul 96 - Page 28
1 A. Again it is wrong. You did not organise the 1990
2 fayre. You did not play any part in it, really. "Solid
3 member of group", well, we have already heard, have we not,
4 from Mr. Pocklington that you had hardly been coming to the
5 group for months, you know. I do not know what he means by
6 solid member, you know.
7
8 Q. Then it says at the bottom of the page:
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10 "Dave - admitted to being involved strongly in
11 anti-McDonald's campaign. Organiser of last year's fayre.
12 Involved in a lot of other..."
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14 Forget that. At the bottom:
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16 "Definite member and activist of anti-McDonald's".
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18 Forgetting the word "admitted", have you got any comment
19 about that?
20 A. Well, you were not an anti-McDonald's activist, I
21 would not describe you. I have never known you to be an
22 anti-McDonald's activist, Dave. I have never seen you in
23 my life, as far as I remember, on an anti-McDonald's
24 demonstration or handing out --
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26 Q. Even since the writs were serving?
27 A. No, not since the writs were served, no. Sorry, I will
28 correct myself there. Prior to the writs being served in
29 1990, I cannot recall ever seeing you on an anti-McDonald's
30 demonstration that I went on. You did not express a lot of
31 interest in the campaign either, except to say that you
32 thought the group should not be involved in it, certainly
33 from 1988 onwards.
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35 Q. Can you remember any specific thing that you can recall,
36 any specific activity that I had done in the
37 anti-McDonald's campaign since you joined the group?
38 A. No, other than go along and help at the two fayres,
39 just as a lot of other people had done, doing odd jobs on
40 the day. That is all. I mean, it is important, also I
41 would like to point out it is important to state that the
42 anti-McDonald's fayres were not anti-McDonald's fayres. I
43 mean, there was a broad range of issues there, you know. It
44 was not just all about anti-McDonald's at all. If you look
45 in the programmes, you will see that.
46
47 Q. Actually one question about the 1990 fayre.
48 A. Yes.
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50 Q. Which was changed to London Greenpeace Fayre?
51 A. Yes.
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53 Q. Was there anything specifically about McDonald's at the
54 1990 fayre?
55 A. Anything specifically about McDonald's? Not that I
56 can recall, no. There certainly were not fact sheets
57 there. That fayre took place just after the writ had been
58 issued and I seem to remember that we were very hesitant
59 about what we could and could not show there. So I do not
60 think we took any anti-McDonald's leaflets ourselves, as
