199 Days Later national day of action

[Whatthechicken]

I just wanted to draw your attention to the march planned for the 1st November in London. The organisers have now announced that there will be a 199 Days Later demo in Edinburgh, Scottish Parliament, and a demo in Cardiff, the Senedd, at the same time. Hopefully lots more women can now attend the closest action to them.

Sigh. The only clashes were between the TRAs & the police. Not us.

It was fabulous, before the event there had been serious threats of violence made, speakers names were not announced because of this. And yes, lots of sailors!

So pleased it went well ❤️

I am very bemused. Did any of us even go near that side of the road?

Just back from London. Great event, well policed - the protesters were quiet enough that I did not realize there were any.

At times difficult to hear what was being said until the speaker was lifted up above peoples heads - thanks to those who took turns to do this.

Suggestion. The speaker should have a hole in the bottom allowing it to be mounted on a stand. The stands do not cost much but you need to be sure that the stand fits into the bottom of the speaker. Should make things a lot easier to hear

Not as far as I know. Three blokes who I’m pretty sure were TRAs made it to our side at one point, took a few photos & just sort of hung around looking odd but I assume they either moved on or got removed.

His partner had the dog. .

Thank you for sharing that. Looking at the placards from the TRAs most of the slogans make no sense whatsoever.

Women: implement our right to single sex spaces as the law says

activitists: er.... hands off our bodies (?) .... until we're all free none of us are free... (?)

I'm blowing off the cobwebs of my account to join in with the praise for this event. Well done to all the wimms who worked so hard to organise it. Thank you.
It felt, despite our frustrations and anger, a joyous and important event. Some really constructive conversations were had with passers by who were overwhelmingly supportive.
I enjoyed walking past the tras who were corralled behind barriers, behind a line of police and across a very wide road from us, between Parliament Square and Downing St. We were seen and we were heard.

<waves to @Helleofabore >

London was great, the speakers were brilliant and the police did a really good job.

There was no “clashing” with TRAs, they were kept well away from us and they could witter away to their hearts’ content without bothering us.

What was with all the Navy chaps? I nipped into a pub to use the loo and could barely get out again

<waves to Lang>

Yes - fantastic day which shouldn’t have been necessary. I’m sorry I missed you & @Helleofabore but I got to chat with a lot of other amazing women, including Rachel Rooney. 🤩

I would want my money back if I was the guy in the centre of that photo. I don't know what you have but they ain't breasts.

Waves back.

it was awesome fo find out just how far women came just to be part of the day. Just brilliant.

I join in the congratulating of the organisers. It was such a different event not having the women’s voices being drowned out by noise because those who wanted to hold their own event down near the banks of the Thames were given the space to do so away from our event.

Janeslittlegirl, I don’t know that many of us walking past even looked across to see specific protestors. Very few would have seen the toplessness. I suspect that a group of them now do it purely for their own benefit. I wonder if their topless protests have made people stop and listen. I doubt it.

What was with all the Navy chaps? I nipped into a pub to use the loo and could barely get out again

They said it was their Sub-mariners' Remembrance Service day

Rachel Rooney? How amazing is that!

She was lovely!

I hear that pub’s been renamed The Terf and Sailor

😁

I read ‘speaker’ in the second para as meaning ‘person speaking’ and envisioned a woman being proudly held aloft by others….…third para followed by rapid adjustment of mental image to loudspeaker 😂

It made sense to me at the when I wrote it but I see what you mean ...
I was carefully trying not to use 'PA' but yes, the loudspeaker was lifted up, not the speaker themselves.
I won't comment on the third para 😂

Yes, men did a great job of holding the loudspeaker!

The men standing at the front filming were making it harder for women to see until prompted to either kneel or sit down. Which, to be fair, they did at that point.

If you got chatting to the sailors, were they supportive? Is awareness is growing in spite of the media’s tendency to ignore this issue?

I wasn’t in the pub with the sailors but I’d love to know if Tracy Edwards was.

Its made a couple of my male friends stop, listen and peak🤣 There appears to be something about moobs that's off putting to straight men

Huh? What of those claims that transwomen woman better than us and will steal our husbands?