For a 15 year old that’s quite a sharp observation . But as she grows up you might want to explain that, as with so very many things, it’s a bit more complicated than that.
Telly mentioned they had straps and padlocks in their van. Not just placards. Conspicuously missing from that report.
Might have been a preemptive strike…
Often, some advance knowledge that will never be shared, too.
There’s loads of people demonstrating who have been given air time and a voice.
Placards all over. Don’t confuse this with interference with a right of assembly and free speech censorship.
Those in charge of welfare don’t want random people chained to the route.
Thanks, she’s always trying to get more impressions of our ‘grown up’ world.
Yesterday an MEP visited her school to tell about politics and Europe.
She came to the conclusion that politics is very inefficient, takes too much time and probably not for her.
When she asked, what is the most difficult thing in your job, she was disappointed when the answer came: feeling home sick.