On Tuesday eleventh September 2018 I accompanied Class Battle as they enacted a brief theatrical protest outdoors the Westminster dwelling of Jacob Rees-Mogg. I believe it slightly amused Rees-Mogg, who intentionally introduced out his household and nurse to participate in it, later milking the occasion for each final ounce of publicity he may. I used to be impressed by his efficiency.
Class Battle had come to name for the discharge of Rees-Mogg’s nanny, Veronica Prepare dinner, who they are saying ceased to exist as an unbiased human 50 years in the past and has been subsumed into the Mogg household as if she was being confined within the tower of a gothic mansion.
The playlet concerned solely six protesters, with Ian Bone as himself sporting a material cap, former Class Battle Westminster candidate Adam Clifford as a formidable Jacob Rees-Mogg, Jane Nicholl as a extra fetching Nanny Criminal and a large penis, although this had issues in getting inflated and missed a lot of the motion.
I’d met Class Battle in a close-by pub, the place the performers placed on their costumes after which walked alongside the road to the Mogg home. The efficiency had been marketed prematurely, and household and safety have been ready once they arrived and police had a brief converstation with Class Battle who assured them that this may be a wholly peaceable occasion and there was no intention to trigger any injury.
Jacob Rees-Mogg then strode out to fulfill the protesters, who have been probably not prepared, simply ending unrolling their banner. A loud dialogue began, with him being questioned about his nanny and the way a lot she was paid however with him merely welcoming the protesters and refusing to reply. And within the background behind me the girl sporting the inflatable large penis costume was struggling to get it erected.
After a minute or two, Rees-Mogg was joined by his spouse and eldest son, and shortly after the entire household was there with Nanny Criminal carrying the infant which she handed to his father. The 2 elder boys specifically have been clearly very excited about what was happening, and at no level within the occasion did they appear notably upset in any manner.
Ian Bone continued to loudly query Mr Rees-Mogg in regards to the pay and circumstances of Nanny Criminal, repeating his questions as he didn’t reply. After a while he invited Nanny Criminal to talk and he or she advised the protesters that she was very pleased with the preparations, although she didn’t reply about what these have been.
They made Nanny a suggestion of escape, telling her she is paid at under the minimal wage, calling Rees-Mogg a “Slave Proprietor – The Leopold of the Mendips” and in addition urged that she joined a commerce union, providing her membership of the UVW. She solely smiled, and her employer made clear that she had little interest in the supply of commerce union membership.
At one level Bone turned in the direction of the elder of the boys watching the efficiency, telling him loudly that lots of people didn’t like his daddy and giving some causes for this at some size. One of many protesters captured this on a video which was posted on social media and led to a nationwide outcry from press and TV channels.
One different journalist had arrived to {photograph} the occasion alongside me, and he rushed off to file his photos which have been broadly used. I accompanied Class Battle again to the pub and solely filed work later. One image editor of a serious nationwide newspaper later advised me he had failed to search out my photos as he looked for “Mogg” however I had used the key phrase “Rees-Mogg” amongst these on my photos.
I’d additionally filed a report of the occasion, however that was by no means even quoted, and I used to be by no means contacted by the media for my feedback, nor I believe was the opposite journalist. Our accounts would have completely contradicted the headlines used about Class Battle “ambushing” the household, which was merely a media smear.
As I touch upon My London Diary:
“Jacob Rees-Mogg and his household have been keen members in what occurred in entrance of their dwelling. Their kids didn’t appear upset, extra fascinated with what was occurring – and after that they had been taken inside and the protest continued needed to be dragged away from the home windows. One made his manner upstairs to proceed to observe with out being prevented from doing so. Nearly all the media commentary was a deliberate complete misrepresentation of what had taken place.”
Each Rees-Mogg and Class Battle revelled within the publicity they acquired from the occasion, with Ian Bone being labelled by one opinated right-wing radio present host as “foul-mouthed” for telling the interviewer he was speaking “bollocks” when he raved and blustered on the remarkably level-headed, clear and correct acount Bone gave of the occasion. I felt he ought to have added the phrase ‘absoute’ in entrance of it however in any other case it was onerous to fault.
Extra at Class Battle go to the Rees-Moggs.
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