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| Speakers' Corner 2017 |
Is it just winter, or is Speakers'
Corner in terminal decline? On a recent visit – my first for over
a year – religion, always a dominant presence, was the only thing
on offer, mostly in the form of squabbles between Christian and
Muslim preachers and hecklers. And there weren't more than three or
four of those. I don't remember ever seeing such an unimpressive
bunch.
It was the last, rather miserable,
Sunday of 2017. Dull and damp, with occasional spots of rain, and
darkness threatening by mid-afternoon. So maybe not a fair basis for
judgement. I will be back to check. I hope I'm wrong.
For a record of how it used to be, my
book Speakers'
Corner, Debate, Democracy and Disturbing the Peace is still
on sale at all good bookshops.
