Global Cannabis Day London May 2nd - How It Should Have Been Reported

Since the mainstream media don't seem to want to report on dissent amougst The Proles this close to Election time, here's what we wish we could have seen first thing on Sunday morning...

4th May, 2015

The streets of Central London ground to a halt this weekend as anti-prohibition protesters took to the streets to campaign for legalisation of cannabis. Fighting for their cause, the protesters stormed The Strand, holding up traffic and congregating outside the gates of Downing Street.

Campaigners were drawing plenty of attention from passers by, with tourists lining the pavements and filming the action.

Early in the morning some of the attendees spoke to Police Liason Officers patrolling outside Parliament, and were informed that the protest wasn’t going to be happening as no one had shown up. In classic dishonest Police style, it became evident pretty soon that pro-cannabis groups were gathering just around the corner.

Campaigners spent time in Parliament Square, chatting with protesters from Occupy Democracy, situated opposite Parliament until May 10^th, spreading out large banners and scattering Hemp seeds. Heritage officers, high on power rather than marijuana (a far more dangerous drug), attempted to stop activists from feeding the birds, citing a by-law that prevents these pastimes in the areas around the Houses Of Parliament.

At 3 ‘o’ clock, campaigners from various local and national pro-cannabis groups as well as individuals from all over England who came to support the cause gathered their things and began a peaceful, traffic-stopping march down the centre of The Strand towards Downing Street.

Outside the gates, tensions began to rise as the traffic pooled around the group and the Police began confiscating items from protesters, including an oversized tennis ball with anti-government slogans written on it. The crowd, already agitated by the police attempt to prevent them from blocking the road, became increasing frustrated when property wasn’t returned, and in the spirit of true democracy, a group decision was made to continue the march much further than perhaps it would have if the Police had not attempted to intervene.

Led by a popular megaphone-bearing activist and a small group holding large banners with slogans such as ‘Cannabis is medicine’ and the surprisingly polite ‘Please Legalise Cannabis For Adults’ the group moved towards Trafalgar Square. Blocking traffic and drawing attention from tourists and workers in the city, many of whom came out of their shops, leaned over balconies and stopped dead in the street to observe and often cheer for the protesters.

Marching past Charing Cross Police Station, down through Leicester Square and along the Embankment, shouting rousing chants and prevent traffic from passing, the group returned to Parliament square on the dot of 4.20, lifting spirits even higher and fuelling a final stand in front of Big Ben as banners were spread out and the atmosphere become tenser as the Police started to threaten to make arrests. Their frustration didn’t go down well with the crowd, who at this stage had not had their ball returned and had given up a large anti-prohibition banner, stating that prohibition supports organised crime, to police

After sitting for as long as possible in the road without being arrested, the campaigners moved over to the square to celebrate the success of the day. With no arrests for possesion, quite a bit of press attention and a very large amount of attention from the public, most of the pro-cannabis groups in attendance saw the day as a success, and a platform to launch much larger events in the future.

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