The march to Hyde Park
People getting ready for the speakers.
Flags make protests so much more fun.
This is how I look when I'm angry at capitalism.
Wembley, just before the sky opened up on us.
The scrappy Slovakians warming up.
The national flags.
The unveiling of the flags...Now that I think about it, I have never seen so many flags in one day in my whole life.
The national anthems.
St. George's Cross in the crowd.
Rooney and Heskey plotting just before kickoff.
Lampard taking a corner.
Warm-ups at the half.
Coming off the field after a satisfying win.
Beckham gets his 109th cap for England, still a fan favorite.
Yesterday was one of the most fun outings since coming to London. We went to a good old fashioned protest, and then headed over to Wembley for the England v Slovakia friendly. The protest was full of hippies and communists, my two favorite groups of anti-socialites. The hippies were typically protesting some sort of human rights violation (of which there are plenty to chose from), and the communists/socialist/Trotskyist/Marxist voice was the increasingly common mantra seen around London of the 'why should we bail out their mistakes?' strain. This was all related to the G-20 conference which is coming up. The largest contingent of the 35,000 or so protesters were just regular people who are fed up with the way things are going, and have been going for quite some time. This is probably the category that Kristin and I fall into, except Kristin is widely known in various violent Trotskyist movements, but that is another blog for another day. Needless to say, it was a good time and quite enlightening.
After the protest, we headed over to Wembley for the England game. Wembley is a really nice venue and I think it holds about 90,000 people so the atmosphere is amazing. We learned to sing 'Englnad till I die' amongst various other nationalist chants. Our seats were really good, we were only the 3rd row from the pitch and had a great view as you can see from the pictures. England ended up winning 4-0. Rooney scored twice, Heskey got one only 8 minutes in and, Lampard also got in on the action. England also unveiled their new kit, which I have to say is pretty slick, still not as nice as those blue ones the Italians sport, but nice nonetheless. Hope to hear from you all soon, enjoy the pics.
Here's a little 'God Save The Queen' treat.
2 comments:
I remember thinking I might have seen a glimpse of Trotskyist in Kristin when she was growing up, but I thought it was just indigestion.
How is it that you guys always get the good seats at the football matches?
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