Thursday, June 09, 2005

Let us march at Gleneagles

Colin Fox at G8 alternatives picket

Daily Record

PROTESTERS staged a rally at Holyrood yesterday to demand a right to hold a demo near the G8 venue, Gleneagles Hotel.

The group, who were backed by Scottish Socialist leader Colin Fox, gathered outside the parliament to protest at the decision to block them from the roads near the Perthshire hotel during the summit. Police claim a march at Gleneagles would be 'unsafe and unsuitable'.

Eurig Scandrett, from Friends of the Earth, said: 'We are responsible people. It is our democratic right to march