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Friday, April 01, 2005

First truck on the street - Tuesday April 5

Tuesday April 5 - come and watch it happen!

The Backing Blair truck will be on London's streets Tuesday April 5.

Thank you to everybody who made donations that made this possible.

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URGENT: We're OK for still photography, but we're *still* looking for someone with a digital video camera to capture the moment at Westminster. Get in touch if you can help.

UPDATE - We're now covered for a digital video camera - but do feel free to come along and capture a few frames for yourself.
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There will definitely be a second outing for the truck after this - but it may not be in London. If you're in London on the day and want to catch us in action, we will be hitting the following locations at the following times:

11:00am - GREENWICH

We'll begin by seeing if there's any room for us in the (no doubt very busy) coach station adjacent to the Millennium Dome:
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=539238&Y=179690&A=Y&Z=1

Journalists: If you want something that passes for a brief photo-call, this is where it's going to happen. But if you're feeling lazy; don't sweat it. We plan to come and see you anyway...

12:00pm - CANARY WHARF

We'll probably do a few laps of Canary Wharf before moving on to the News International building (we probably won't get past some security cordons - please see updated map links):
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=537059&Y=180339&A=Y&Z=1
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=534217&Y=180677&A=Y&Z=1

1:00pm - REGENT STREET & TRAFALGAR SQUARE

You can expect us to do a few laps here, in an effort to catch the lunchtime crowd:
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=530014&Y=180430&A=Y&Z=1

2:00pm - WESTMINSTER

Round and round the garden, like a teddy bear... we'll also do a few drive-bys of Downing St, Abingdon Green (where reporters stand to do their to-camera pieces from outside Parliament) and - if possible - Old Queen St (home to Labour HQ):
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=530123&Y=179602&A=Y&Z=1

From here, we plan to go free-wheeling all over town (we hope to drive past the BBC and through Camden at the very least), but we will definitely finish at...

7:00pm - WATERLOO

Just in time to show off our truck to everybody who turns up on time for the next Backing Blair meeting:
http://ukelection.meetup.com/1/events/4368061/

4 Comments:

Daniel Hoffmann-Gill said...

I look forward to seeing it on the streets!

April 01, 2005 6:24 PM  
Guido Fawkes Esq. said...

I'll see you @ Canary Wharf - with digital video...

April 01, 2005 6:49 PM  
Murky said...

I'm considering making a trip into London, get a few photos, then do something Touristy (as I don't want to make the mistake of living near someplace and never seeing it).

You may not see me, but hopefully I should see you!

April 03, 2005 8:56 AM  
Murky said...

Ack, I arrived at the dome a little too late to catch you, and I didn't make a note of the later times - so I missed you completely. I got to Trafalgar too soon.

However, I did see Eamon Holmes in a DJ walking somewhere with Natasha Kaplinsky near St. Martins in the Fields. Honestly.

The dome was an inspired place to start, it is completely desolate there, when I think how much that place costs it makes me quite annoyed. I'd never seen it up close before and it really drove it home just how much of a white elephant (okay, white tent) that thing is.

April 05, 2005 10:32 PM  

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