Anti-war protester's 'reality cheque'

[tinnypriv]

Anti-war protester's 'reality cheque'
BBC News, 3 October 2003



An anti-war campaigner has come up with an unorthodox way of paying a civil disobedience fine.

On Friday, Nick Buxton, 31, will hand a court a cheque for £120 - written on a gravestone.

Engraved on the other side of the stone will be a memorial to those who have died in the war in Iraq.

The charity worker was fined, along with at least 50 other protesters, for trying to blockade Northwood military base in north London in January.

"I took direct action at Northwood because I felt the war was illegal and immoral but the government was not listening to demonstrators," he told BBC News Online

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We had several instances of payment like this during the era of the poll tax - people paying on paving slabs, and so on," said a Co-operative Bank spokesman.

"My understanding is that legally we had to accept that."

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3159242.stm

[ScrewyRabbit]

1. Now I wish I had paid my taxes that way...

[gratuitous]

3. Sad to say, but . . .

You'll probably have another opportunity next April. The number on the tombstone will have to be higher, though.

[ixion]

2. wow... kudos to NIck

that's a great way to make your statement. :bounce:

[Cha]

4. Go Brits and Nick Buxton who means Business!

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