Love for Life

NEWS FLASH !

a film script for you Jack, when can we get it made??

NEWS FLASH:

News Reader (John):
“Ladies and Gentlemen; this is an urgent news flash, it seems there is a revolution in the making; that a global ‘state of emergency’ is to be declared for the environment.

Under enormous pressure from the ‘EcoLogical Trades Union’, the newly formed World Government
has finally agreed that the threat of environmental damage and destruction is now as serious as a threat of world war.

On Monday a ‘global state of emergency’ will be declared for the environment.

This means that from next week we will all be working together using our amazing technology, for the benefit of humanity as it was intended by it’s inventors, in the creation of a beautiful global ‘permaculture garden’ [http://www.permaculture.org].

Join us now as we go to our reporter (live in down-town New York... or wherever!) where these extraordinary events have been unfolding….

CUT TO LIVE REPORTER IN THE STREET IN HACKNEY:

V.O. John:
But surely Phillipa, these campaigners are just yet-another group of crazy anarchists out to bring down the oldest democracy in the world?”

Phillipa:
“Actually John, that would appear not to be the case.
The leaders of the ‘E.T.U.’ really do seem to know what they are talking about.
They say they want immediate, positive and lawful solutions
to the very serious global social and environmental problems we are facing today…………”

John:
“But to deliberately cause a demonstration
in defiance of the ‘Sacred Exclusion Zone’
around the Houses of Parliament
must surely be seen as an outright act of defiance against the finest legal system in the world…?”

Phillipa:
“Not so John,
according to their spokesperson,
with the threat being as serious as it is,
the activists claim that it is entirely
reasonable,
prudent,
and well-intentioned
to call such a demonstration,
and therefore that it is not unlawful act in any shape or form.…”

John:
Well then,
perhaps you could tell us how this all began?

Phillipa:
It seems that it all began when a young boy was eating his supper before Daddy came home from the local pub last night…

CUT TO KITCHEN SCENE….
INT. KITCHEN.
IT IS EARLY EVENING.
JOHNNY IS SLOWLY AND THOUGHTFULLY EATING HIS TEA

Johnny:
Mummy Mummy! Where is Daddy?

Mother:
He’s at the pub again,
getting drunk with his friends,
now eat your tea,
there’s a good boy,
it’s past your bed time…

JOHNNY CONTINUES SLOWLY AND THOUGHTFULLY EATING HIS TEA

Johnny:
But Mummy!
Why does Daddy go to the pub
and get dunk with his friends,
and then come home
and beat us up every Friday night?

Mother:
I really don’t know dear,
now stop asking so many silly questions and eat your tea;
it’s past your bed time!

JOHNNY CONTINUES SLOWLY EATING HIS TEA

Johnny:
Mummy Mummy,
when we went to school today
they told us that when people drink too much,
it’s because they want to forget about something they don’t want to think about any more.

Is it because Daddy’s a lumberjack
and he has to cut trees down all day long;
and Daddy really loves the trees doesn’t he Mummy?

Mother (tiredly):
Yes dear, he loves the trees,
now stop asking so many silly questions and eat your tea,
it’s past your bed time,
and HE’S GOING TO BE HOME SOON!!

SADLY, JOHNNY FINISHES HIS TEA.
HE GOES UPSTAIRS TO BED
ON HIS WAY TO BED, HALF-WAY UP THE STAIRS, HE TURNS AROUND
HE IS VERY THOUGHTFUL

PAUSE

Johnny:
Mummy Mummy!
When I grow up to be a lumberjack like Daddy,
will I have to go to the pub every Friday night,
and get drunk with my friends
and come home and beat my wife and children up
so I can forget how horrible it is to cut down trees all day?

Mother:
(SHOCKED…)
No! NO! Don’t be so silly dear,
they’ve got NICE things like VALLIUM and PROZAC these days;
they’ve even got RITTALIN for children,
so don’t worry…
now go to sleep…
there’s a good boy.
Sweet Dreams!

MUMMY IS PREPARING THE EVENING MEAL FOR DADDY,
SHE IS TALKING TO HERSELF,
SHE MAKES IT CLEAR THAT SHE HAS HAD QUITE ENOUGH OF HIS BEHAVIOUR,
SHE IS GOING TO LEAVE HIM AND TAKE THEIR SON WITH HER.
IT IS HIS VERY LAST CHANCE!

DADDY COMES HOME
HE HAS A BLACK EYE AND HE IS LIMPING…

Father:
Owch, my eye! Oh my leg hurts!!

Mother:
Don't expect any sympathy from me you bastard...
Where have you been?
In that bloody pub again with your so-called friends!
Just look at the state of you, you’re stone-drunk
AND you’ve been fighting again …!
That’s IT!
I’m leaving you, I’ve had enough.
I can’t stand it any more.
I’m getting a divorce in the morning!

Father:
NO! Wait!
It’s not how it seems!
I haven’t been to the pub,
And I haven’t been drinking or fighting either,
Here, smell my breath…

SHE SMELLS HIS BREATH, THERE IS NO ALCOHOL..!

Mother:
Well how the hell did you get into such a state then?

Father:

HE IS EMOTIONAL…

Well I went to work this morning
and I couldn’t stand it any longer;
You know I love the trees
but I have to cut them down all day every day
or we can’t pay the mortgage
and we’ll be thrown out on the street…
I come home from work
and our son tells me he hates me
because I’m destroying the planet he will have to live on for the rest of his life,
I have to beat him so he will become a stupid lumberjack like me,
then you tell me not to beat him,
I go to the pub and get drunk, and when I come home
we argue and end up fighting,
it’s driving me mAd!
So this-morning
I told them to stuff their STUPID job!

Mother:
What do you mean you stupid man!
How do you think we’re going to pay the mortgage
and feed our son if you don’t have a job????

Father:
-I’ve got another job

Mother:
Where?

Father:
On an organic farm on the roof of a building in the city;

Mother:
On a what?

Father:
An organic farm … just let me explain….

Mother:
Go on then!
This had better be good!
One little lie and we’re through,
I’ve had more than enough of this!
now explain yourself!

Father:
What are you complaining about?
I’m the one who has to cut down trees all day!
I got into work this morning;
I couldn’t stand it any more,
I decided that I’m not going to damage the Earth any more,
I left the car behind and walked home.
I went in the shed and got my old bicycle out;
(you remember those bikes we bought when we both decided to live healthier lives?)

TWO RUSTY BIKES IN THE BACK OF THE SHED – HIS & HERS.
HE TAKES HIS BY THE HANDLEBARS, WHEELS IT OUT AND MOUNTS.
IT COLLAPSES UNDER HIM.
HE GOES BACK FOR HERS, MOUNTS IT MORE CAREFULLY, GETS GOING, AND APPLIES THE BRAKES – THE FRONT CABLE SNAPS, BUT THE BACK ONE HOLDS OUT.

Anyway, I got on the bike and went to the job centre.
I got there at about nine o’clock,
I went in and took my ticket from the machine and sat down
and waited…..
and waited,
and waited,
and waited
until about four in the afternoon
when I finally got seen….

SCENE TWO

INT. JOB CENTRE
THE CLIENT ADVISER

Client Adviser:
Good afternoon sir,
how can we help you today?

Father:
I’ve been fifteen years cutting trees down all day,
I can’t stand it any more,
I really love the trees,
at the end of the day, I come home from work
my son tells me he hates me
because I’m destroying the planet which he’ll have to live on for the rest of his life,
I have to beat him so he will become a stupid lumberjack like me,
my wife tells me not to beat him,
I go to the pub and get drunk,
when I come home we argue and end up fighting,
it’s driving me mAd!
So this-morning I told them to stuff their stupid job!
PLEASE,
do you have an environment friendly job for me?

Client Adviser:
I’m very sorry sir,
but we don’t have environment friendly jobs here;
now if you’ll just sign the job seekers’ agreement
agreeing to take any work we offer you,
we’ll see about setting up a claim and paying you some money…

Father:
I’m not signing a contract agreeing to damage and destroy the environment any more!
I just told you, I can’t stand it,
RAGING, HE STARTS TO CHOKE THE CLIENT ADVISER...!
It’s driving me mad,
I feel like I’m going to kill someone!
-And you’re first in line right now!

Client Adviser:
CHOKING
I’m very sorry sir,
you’re making yourself unavailable for work.
Kindly leave the premises
or we’ll have to call the Police.

WITH DIFFICULTY, FATHER SUPPRESSES HIS ANGER AND STARTS TO LEAVE THE JOB CENTRE

CUT TO:
INT KITCHEN

Father:
Well I thought I had better leave before I got arrested,
but on the way out, a woman approached me from behind one of the desks

CUT TO:

INT. JOB CENTRE.
A WOMAN (JUST AT RETIREMENT AGE) APPROACHES FATHER AND THEY CONVERSE…

Woman:
Young man!
You have my deepest sympathy!
I’ve seen lots of people like you
arrested, beaten, carried out on stretchers,
injected with tranquilisers
even put in straight jackets
for asking just that sort of question.
I’ve been working here for over thirty years,
thank God it’s my last day today
Now I can finally speak my mind!
I have some friends who may be able to help you….
they have an organic farm on the roof of a building in the city,
they have cows on the roof, and they need a herdsman
to stop the cows falling off the roof.
Do you think this could be the kind of job you are looking for?

Father:
That sounds ideal, perfect in fact!
I can go into the forest and cut some trees down to make a fence around the roof,
I can replant the trees, it’s for an organic farm,
(Johnny will be pleased about that!),
and with the left-over wood, I can make a bench and a little shelter
so I can sit and watch the cows all day,
wonderful!
Thank you SO MUCH

Woman:
You’re welcome young man,
I think you deserve it!
good luck with the job interview.

CUT TO:
INT KITCHEN

Father:
So I left the job centre and started on my way to the job interview,
it must have been about four in the afternoon by then.
On the way, as I was cycling past the market
I saw a pile of bananas in boxes which were going to be thrown out,
so I went over to the man on the banana stall…

CUT TO:

EXT STREET MARKET

Street Trader:
Alright guv, what can I do for you?

Father:
Well it’s like this,
I’ve been fifteen years cutting trees down all day every day,
I can’t stand it any more; I mean, I really love the trees,
and then at the end of the day’s work
I come home and my son tells me he hates me
because I’m destroying the planet
which he has to live on for the rest of his life.
I have to beat him so he will become a stupid lumberjack like me,
My wife tells me not to beat him,
I go to the pub and get drunk,
we argue and end up fighting,
it’s been driving me mAd!
So this-morning I told them to stuff their stupid job!
I went to the job centre, and now I'm getting a new job as a herdsman
on an organic farm on the roof of a building in the city
stopping the cows falling off the roof,
but they won't pay me for two weeks,
so I was wondering, is there any chance I could take some of those bananas
so at least I’ve got something to put on the table for the wife and kid tonight?

Street Trader:
Sure mate, take as many as you like!

FATHER GETS TWO CARRIER BAGS, FILLS THEM WITH BANANAS, HANGS THEM FROM THE HANDLEBARS OF THE BIKE AND CONTINUES DOWN THE ROAD.

Father:
Cheers mate, many thanks…, all the best!

WE ARE FOLLOWING HIM RIDING HIS BICYCLE ON HIS WAY TO THE JOB INTERVIEW…
AS FATHER SPEAKS, WE SEE HIS ACTIONS

Father:
So I got on my bike again and continued on my way to the job interview,
I was going down a hill,
a bit fast so I put the brake on to slow down,
and then the cable snapped,
now I had NO BRAKES!
I was going faster and faster down the hill,
around a corner, and I fell off the bike…

CUT TO:
INT KITCHEN

Mother:
SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHETHER TO BELIEVE HIM OR NOT...
Ok Mr Smart Aleck! So where are all these mythical bananas then??
Let’s see your bananas!
Put your bananas where your mouth is!
Come on, put your bananas on the table, out with them NOW!

Father:
Well I fell off the bike didn't I?!…
the bananas went everywhere!
all over the road and the pavement

CUT TO:
EXT STREET

AT THIS MOMENT, AN ELDERLY LADY IS WALKING ALONG THE PAVEMENT, SHE SLIPS ON A BANANA, FALLS AND BREAKS HER WRIST.

Father:
Oh my God! What am I going to do now?
It’s just not my day today!

HE GETS HIS MOBILE PHONE OUT AND CALLS FOR AN AMBULANCE.
WHILE HE IS LOOKING AFTER THE LADY, THE AMBULANCE ARRIVES,
THEY TAKE HER AWAY.
THEN TWO POLICE OFFICERS ARRIVE.

1st P.O.
Hello Hello Hello!
And what have we here?
Assaulting defenceless old ladies with bicycles are we sir?

Father:
I was doing nothing of the kind officer!
It was a complete accident!
I was going down this hill
and the brake cable snapped!

THE OTHER OFFICER IS EXAMINING THE BIKE…

2nd P.O.
Well well well,
it DOES look as though the brake cable has snapped,
but it is rather RUSTY isn’t it sir?
You say you are a lumberjack sir?
Well, as a practical man you must have known your brakes weren’t working properly.
Riding a bicycle KNOWINGLY in that condition is RECKLESS
and CRIMINAL…..

Father:
Excuse me officer,
I’ve been fifteen years cutting down trees all day, every day,
and I can’t stand it any more,
I love the trees,
I come home from a hard day’s work
and my son tells me he hates me
because I’m destroying the planet which he will have to live on for the rest of his life.
I have to beat him so he will become a stupid lumberjack like me.
My wife,
whom I love very much,
tells me not to beat him,
we argue and I beat her too!
It’s been driving me mad!
so this morning I told them to stuff their stupid job.
I went to the job centre
and now I’ve got a new job as a herdsman
on an organic farm
on the roof of a building in the city,
stopping the cows from falling off the roof,
so I can earn the money to buy new brakes for the bike
without damaging the environment.
Now with due respect officer,
how on earth can that be RECKLESS
and CRIMINAL???

1st P.O.
I’m sorry sir,
but you must realise that as my colleague says,
if you do something which is likely to injure your neighbour,
and you do it knowingly,
in law it is reckless and criminal.
You say you were working as a lumberjack,
so as a practical man
you MUST have known that your brakes weren’t working properly,
and as a direct result of knowingly riding your bicycle in that condition,
there is now a little old lady in hospital with a broken arm.
I’m afraid sir that I’m going to have to arrest you
and take you to the police station…

INT KITCHEN

Mother:
You mean to say I’m married to a criminal now?

Father:
No, just let me finish the story…
I was in that police cell for several hours,
and while I was in there
I got to thinking about this offence of recklessness,
to knowingly injure your neighbour
is reckless and criminal…

Suddenly it dawned on me
that to knowingly damage the environment
is to knowingly injure your neighbour!

I have been knowingly injuring
myself,
my family whom I love and I am trying to support,
and my neighbours,
every day for the last fifteen years
by cutting down all those trees…

and if I didn’t carry on doing it
I couldn’t pay the mortgage,
and we would all be thrown out on the street;

So I asked to see the duty solicitor.

About twenty minutes later he came to see me…

INT. POLICE CELL.
THE DUTY SOLICITOR ARRIVES OUTSIDE THE WINDOW IN THE DOOR OF THE POLICE CELL.

Duty Solicitor:
How may I help you Sir?

Father:
May I ask what would happen
if there was a legal contract
forcing a person to commit a crime,
to knowingly injure their neighbour….?

Duty Solicitor:
Well now that would be a void contract –
unenforceable sir;
we can’t have legal contracts
forcing people to commit crimes
now can we sir?
It would be the end of the world as we know it
wouldn’t it sir?

Father:
You know, I think you’re right; yes,
I suppose it would.
That’s very interesting, thank you very much…

Duty Solicitor:
Glad to be of service sir;
do let me know if there is anything else I can assist you with….

DUTY SOLICITOR LEAVES

INT. KITCHEN.

Father:
So I thought about it a bit more,
and it occurred to me
that the people in the job centre
had been trying to get me to sign the job seekers’ agreement,
agreeing to commit more of the same crime,
so I asked to see the duty solicitor again….

INT. POLICE CELL.
THE DUTY SOLICITOR ARRIVES, AS BEFORE, OUTSIDE THE WINDOW IN THE DOOR OF THE POLICE CELL.

Duty Solicitor:
Ah yes, it’s you again sir, now how can I help you this time?

Father:
I was just wondering if you could tell me
what would happen
if I were to sign a contract agreeing to commit a crime?

Duty Solicitor:
Well now, you could be arrested for doing that sir!
We can’t have people going around signing contracts
agreeing to commit crime now can we sir….
It would be the end of the world as we know it,
wouldn’t it sir….

Father:
Hmmm, I suppose you’re right, many thanks again, you’ve been most helpful!

Duty Solicitor:
Delighted sir, do let me know if I can be of any further assistance…

DUTY SOLICITOR LEAVES.

INT. KITCHEN.
Father:
Well, it seemed that I might be onto something here,
so I thought about it some more,
and I realised that I have been paying a third of my wages in tax
to the government
for them to make up laws so all this crime can be committed,
knowingly damaging and destroying the environment
which we all have to live in,
knowingly injuring all of us
and knowingly endangering all our lives,
No person is above the law in this country, and ouir government is paid, by the people, through taxes, to ENACT the law….
so I asked once more to see the duty solicitor….

INT. POLICE CELL.
THE DUTY SOLICITOR ARRIVES, ONCE MORE OUTSIDE THE WINDOW IN THE DOOR OF THE POLICE CELL.

Duty Solicitor:
Ho Hum! Once more unto the breech…! What is it this time sir?

Father:
If you could tell me just one more thing to complete my defence?

Duty Solicitor:
Certainly sir, what do you wish to know?

Father:
Could you tell me please, what would happen if I were to PAY someone to commit a crime?

Duty Solicitor:
Well now, that's a very serious matter indeed Sir,
-you could get a very long prison sentance for doing something like that!
We can’t have people going around
paying other people to commit crimes now can we sir?
It really would be the end of the world as we know it
now wouldn’t it sir???

Father:
You know what?
I do think you’re right!
I should have realised that years ago!
Thank you SO much,
that’s all I need to know,
many thanks again….

Duty Solicitor:
Delighted sir, good luck in court sir!

DUTY SOLICITOR LEAVES.

INT. KITCHEN.

Father:
So there I was sitting in a police cell having just found out that the mortgage is a void contract and unenforceable because it is forcing people to commit crime; that you could be arrested for signing the job-seekers’ agreement because you are agreeing to commit crime; and that the government is criminal, so it is illegal to pay tax because it is illegal to pay someone to commit a crime!!!

(HE LOOKS AT HIS WIFE TO SEE IF SHE IS TAKING HIM SERIOUSLY,
CONCLUDES THAT SHE IS,
PUTS HIS ARM AROUND HER SHOULDER,
AND CARRIES ON WITH THE STORY…)

Father:
All these years I’ve been paying taxes to a criminal government….
then suddenly, it hit me…
surely if the government is reckless and criminal,
and no person is above the law...
we could have them arrested…
so I asked to see the inspector of the police station…

INT. POLICE CELL.
POLICE INSPECTOR ARRIVES WITH TWO CUPS OF TEA AND SOME BISCUITS ON A TRAY….

Police Inspector:
Good afternoon Sir. You wanted to see me?

Father:
Yes officer. Thank you.
(LOOKS SURPRISED AT THE TEA AND BISCUITS)
I don’t suppose you have been talking with that duty solicitor have you?

Police Inspector:
As a matter of fact, I have sir,
and a very interesting conversation we had as well.
Now how can I help you sir?
Cup of tea sir?

Father:
Yes, thank you.
Well, following the line of the argument:
surely, if the government is reckless and criminal;
we could have them arrested?

Police Inspector:
Biscuit sir?

Father:
Thank you…

Police Inspector:
I( must admit sir, I’ve never looked at it like that before sir…
I suppose you’re right in theory,
but of course I couldn’t do anything about it myself;
I'd lose my job
and my family would be thrown out on the street…

Father:(His incredulous surprise turns into empathic outrage)…
You mean to tell me that as a senior police officer
you have to stand by and watch all this crime being committed every day,
I mean the very Earth upon which you are standing is being destroyed beneath your feet,
or you will lose your job
and be thrown out on the street
just like anyone else???

Police Inspector:
Unfortunately I’m afraid that that would seem to be the case sir…
But I will tell you that when I joined the police force,
as a young idealistic man of seventeen years old,
I took a vow of office, just like every other police officer
“To Protect Life And Property And To Uphold The Law”.

Father:
Never!
You’re having me on aren’t you?!
Surely the most serious threat to life and property in the world
is due to un-necessary and unreasonable environmental damage and destruction!
Sir David King, the government’s chief scientific adviser,
said that it was more serious than the threat of global terrorism,
And in terms of physical, emotional and mental injury being done knowingly;
it is the most serious breach of the law as well!
Surely, PROFESSIONALLY SPEAKING,
you and every other police officer
in the whole world
should be committed environmental campaigners!!

Police Inspector:
I couldn’t agree more sir!
But I really am very sorry sir,
but,
you see,
as an individual,
there is absolutely nothing I can do,
my hands are tied….

HE HOLDS HIS HANDS UP, WHICH ARE HANDCUFFED…

Father:
But I’m an environmental campaigner now!
Surely I am protecting life and property from the most serious threat to life and property,
and upholding the law from the most serious breach of the law….
In other words,
the entire Green Movement is upholding the police vow of office!
Am I right or wrong officer??!

Police Inspector:
Well I can’t argue with you sir;
but as I said before,
I’m afraid there is nothing I can do…

THERE IS A PAUSE

Father: (SLOWLY)
I wonder what would happen
if all the working people knew this information…
that the mortgage is a void contract
based on money which doesn’t even exist except in a computer in a bank somewhere;
that it is illegal to pay tax until we have a revolution for the environment,
and they knew the police vow of office in this context,
and they all decided to march to London saying
“We want a state of emergency for the environment, and we want it now!”
-they would become the green movement then wouldn’t they officer?

Police Inspector:
I suppose they would sir…
But what of it?

Father:
What if all those tradesmen;
the builders,
the farmers,
the fishermen,
the engineers,
the drivers,
and all their friends and families,
their wives and children,
hundreds of thousands of people
all coming to London
with a big banner at the front
saying:

THE GREEN MOVEMENT:

PROTECTING LIFE AND PROPERTY

AND

UPHOLDING THE LAW…

-and what if the government saw us all coming,
and if the government said to you as a police officer:
“Arrest them! Put them back to work destroying the environment!”
– tell me officer,
what would you do?

Police Inspector:
HE SCRATCHES HIS HEAD AND REMOVES HIS HAT
I think at that point in time I would politely have to tell them to bugger off sir!

Father:
That’s all very well, you and I, talking privately here,
But what about the rest of the police force?
and the Army?
and the Navy?
and the Air Force?….
what do you think they would do in such a circumstance?
would they support the government? …
or the people??

Police Inspector:
Well, to be honest sir, I nthink they would all do the same thing, I mean, we’re not all entirely stupid you know!

THE IMPLICATIONS SINK IN TO BOTH OF THEM!

THE CAMERA TURNS FROM THE STAGE, THERE I9S A (SEMI-SCRIPTED) DISCUSSION AMONG THE AUDIENCE, WHO DECIDE TO DEMONSTRATE NOW ON THE STREETS

THA CAMERA OBSERVES THE AUDIENCE LEAVING, SAYING “C’MON, LET’S DO IT NOW!

THE CAMERA FOLLOWS THE AUDIENCE OUT OF THE THEATRE ONTO THE STREET

THERE ARE MANY OTHER PEOPLE LEAVING OTHER BUILDINGS IN THE STREET, ALL IN AGREEMENT, THEY JOIN FORCES, AND ARE MARCHING DOWN THE STREET WITH THE BANNER AT THE FRONT:

THE GREEN MOVEMENT:

PROTECTING LIFE AND PROPERTY

AND

UPHOLDING THE LAW…

CUT TO:

NEWS FLASH:
“Ladies and Gentlemen; this is an urgent news flash, it seems there is a revolution in the making; that a global ‘state of emergency’ is to be declared for the environment.

“Under enormous pressure from the Global EcoLogical Trades Union, which has now won the support of the Police and the Armed Forces, the newly formed World Government has at last agreed that the threat of uuep&d is now as serious as the threat of a war, and that a ‘global state of emergency’ will be declared for the environment.

“This means that as of next week we will all be working together using all of our amazing technology as intended by it’s inventors for the benefit of human kind in the creation of a beautiful global ‘permaculture garden’.

“Join us now as we go to our reporter in East London, where these extraordinary events have been unfolding….

Cut to Live Reporter In Hackney:
“This is all very well, but surely Phillipa, these campaigners are just yet-another group of crazy anarchists out to bring down our wonderful civilization?”

“Actually John, that would appear not to be the case.
The leaders of G.E.T.U. really do seem to know what they are talking about.
They say they want immediate, positive, lawful solutions to the very serious global social and environmental problems we are facing today…………”

“But to deliberately cause a demonstration
in defiance of the ‘Sacred Exclusion Zone’ around the Houses of Parliament
must surely be seen as an act of outright defiance against the legal system…?"

“Not so John, according to their spokesperson, with the threat being as serious as it is, the Activists claim that it is entirely reasonable, prudent, and well-intentioned to call such a demonstration, and therefore that it could-not possibly be seen as an unlawful sexual act in any sense of the word.…”

“Well perhaps you could fill us in with some details as to how this unheard-of situation has arisen?”

“It seems that it all began when a young boy was eating his supper before Daddy came home from the local pub last night…”

CUT TO KITCHEN SCENE….!

etc!

THE END

(OR IS IT THE BEGINNI9NG…??)