Day 267 - 21 Jun 96 - Page 19
1 "Paul seems to be an author of all antiMcDonald's
2 leaflets".
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4 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You do not have to read it all out.
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6 MR. MORRIS: Or may be "the" author?
7 A. I do not think it says "the" does it?
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9 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Let Miss Steel carry on. I was merely trying
10 to be helpful because we could not find the reference to
11 main activist and I only read out one. Mr. Rampton only
12 read out very limited parts of the note.
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14 MR. MORRIS: Do you also recall that Mr. Gravett said on several
15 occasions that he was going to update the antiMcDonald's
16 fact sheet and write a book or a booklet about McDonald's?
17 A. I remember him making reference to that, yes.
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19 Q. And this went on for a considerable period of time, did it
20 not? That Mr. Gravett would turn to writing, and said he
21 was going to write an antiMcDonald's fact sheet, a new
22 updated antiMcDonald's fact sheet and a booklet about
23 McDonald's?
24 A. I do not recall for how long that went on, but I can
25 see it in my notes under 18th January.
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27 Q. Right. You do not remember anybody else in the group
28 complaining and saying to Paul, "Look, what are you doing?
29 You have been promising to write this new fact sheet for
30 months on end now. We desperately need it so we can carry
31 on with this campaign. Can you get on with it?"
32 A. I do not recall that.
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34 Q. You do not recall anything to that effect?
35 A. I do not recall it. It may have been said. I do not
36 recall.
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38 Q. You would have made a note of it if it had been said
39 because it would have been of interest, bearing in mind it
40 was about the fact sheet that you were investigating about?
41 A. I may have done. I do not know.
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43 Q. So if it is not in your notes we could take it that it did
44 not happen?
45 A. No.
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47 Q. So you might not have bothered to make a note of something
48 that is important as that?
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50 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No. You have made a number of question: "You
51 would have made a note". I have got to bear in mind the
52 witness said he wrote down the significant matters which he
53 recalled. It is quite refreshing, but no comment on
54 whether I will accept Mr. Claire's evidence or not, but it
55 is quite refreshing, to hear a witness say they put down
56 what they recall rather than saying they put down
57 absolutely everything that happened word by word verbatim
58 with not a full stop missed out. So you have got to bear
59 that in mind. It is perfectly legitimate to ask him:
60 "Would you have done it?" But I am assuming it is with
