Protest: 1 of 5

The Date: 29.9.04. - The Day: Wednesday. - The Place: Brighton Seafront – The Event: Labour Party Conference.

Coming back up from Brighton with Regine, Laura and Pete, I walked into Dom, (well obviously not literally) after we had dragged ourselves back up the hill. Dom suggested we head back to Churchill Square and after a little persuasion I agreed. After reaching The Square, Dom suggested we walk down to the seafront and see what was going on down there.I have to admit his idea was a slice of fried gold.

We wandered down towards the seafront and were instantly confronted with a barrage of protesters and a plethora of freebies were thrust at us.

After a quick look round, Dom and I crossed the traffic-less road and looked over the rails along the beach (which was surprisingly empty) and that’s when things got interesting…
We spotted a camera crew, presenter and MP, perhaps from BBC Parliament. Seeing as they were filming we decided we would walk down the steps behind them and try to appear on screen. So we walked down and were loitering around in the background...then we thought maybe it might be an idea to be on film some more so we stood behind them on the beach, behind the camera and live broadcast. After this there was no stopping us, as we ran round through protesters. We got in on around 7 photo and camera shots, but alas the closest we got to fame was my right arm and Dom’s bag on the Meridian News.