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Phil Kay c\lcnd thoxc xtick} limhx and hc pcdalling. l kcpt going on about thc
Cycling into war magic gluc that iuxt kccpx _\ou tip. makcx thc hikc “ant to xta_\
upright “th1 it ix moxing and it camc. Al‘tcr ~13 minutcx xhc \xax
ahcad ol mc. pcdalling alotig a hit \xohhl}. llGC goitig throttgh
imixihlc chicanc. looking o\cr hcr xhouldcr laughing xa_\ing:
“I'm actuall} c_\cling.' Balancing rc-halancing all in cach
momcnt.
'l'hc childrcn don't “am a “air. .\lind _\ou. thc_\ don't
\\ ant xchool cithcr. 'l'hc} ha\c hccn hrcalxing rankx and
marching ottt ot' thc xchoolx \xith hanncrx that xa} ‘.\' () \V .-\ R'. and I thought I xau onc xa} ing ‘11 o m at h x'.
l “cm on thc tnarch in (llaxgou and had a xtrangc mini
cpiphan}: thcrc ix minor rc\olt againxt thc man u c clcctcd
joining an armx “in. It hcgan
to xccm almoxt ax it \x c tttitTot'
h-Id thc gcntlcr naturc of
c I dcmocrac} and pcrhapx thix
don’t want marching allth mt- \xar. wt- ' do not xto i thc \iar. l’crha ix a war. Mind ‘ ‘
that \Hitlltl on|_\ happcn il‘
ya“, L‘\L‘r)hod_\ marchcd. No, \\'L‘ 3 l‘tnon trat ' l tltat xx ' \\ llll l dontwant “ ‘ “ t H
not light. that \xc \\Ullltl not
' I v ’7” haw amthing to do \iith uhat
\ ‘ ix hcing donc. And it happcnx.
lt hcginx. All thc hadgcx that
xa}' '.\'o Wat" arc non dctunct.
’l‘hcrc ix uar. that ix \\ll}' \x‘c arc hcrc. \xar happcnx.
'l‘hix war had to happcn: all thoxc troopx txcrc otit thcrc. it would hm c hccn xil|_\ not to.
All the lirxt dayx ol'cycling I did not rcad thc papcrx. l lind it hard to CVCI] allow a xcan of thc pttlltologicull)‘ ahridgcd. pathological|_\' patriotic .xtatcmcntx on thc xmallcr papcrx. thn l xcc thctn on thc xtandx l imaginc thctn hcing xliomi on big old tcllicx in Iraq tojuxtil‘)‘ our hadncxx.
t hcginx. \l} daughtcr can c_xclc. lt ix lairl} hig llC\\x in m}
lllt‘. l ltttllx llL'l' 0111 [H lltL‘ pitl'lx. \kL‘ lolloucd llx gcntlc
gradicntx and lrccuhcclcd into a ncu cra ol' tra\ cl. 'l’hcn \\ c \xcrc at war all again; Britain. ['5 and Iraq. ’l'hat liaraua} hixtor} c\cnl altcrcd in} ahilit} to cclchratc thc c_\ cling.
\Vc arc pill in art aultttard poxition ha\ing thix '\\ar' to rclatc to. hack hcrc t‘ccci\ ing thc itnagcx and hig colour l'ront pagcx. It onl_\ xccinx ax rcal ax amthing prcxcntcd on a monitor.
\Vc had our llL‘\\ x. it \xax important to ux. )c‘t thcrc \iax \cr} littlc cmct‘agc. l \xantcd to xcc a hcadlinc: ‘(‘oco. (t. Ridcx llct' Bigclc'. .'\ll lltc l‘it'xl da}x ol lllL‘ c_\cling \\ltllL‘ thc \xar xtartcd l a\oidcd rcading thc papcrx. 'l‘hcn l \\;t\ on huxcx and thcrc \\ ax .llt'lm.
lt \ttlttclttm docxn't xcctn right to Icarn about a war ll‘ttlll .llt'lm. lt'x hand} l'or puhlixhcrx that thc xucccxx ol our \xcxtcrn \xorld proxidcx cnough litcratc l'ollx iii a dclinitc placc at a dclinitc titnc to dixtrihutc it and thc xhccr numhcrx ol' gttarantccd rcadcrx can juxtil) a lull production hudch \\ itliotit rcquiring it to hc paid lot: It ix hand} that Britain ix doing xo \tcll. xupporting induxtt'icx and huxincxxcx. and hax xo man) puhlic tranxpoit x_\ xtcmx tranxporting thc puhlic to and trout iohx that gct thctn tip at .llt'Im‘clock to trawl.
It iuxt docxn‘t xccm to lit that all tltix lirc non ix hcing prcxcntcd. \Vould tlicrc hc a man from .llt'lm in thc ( itllli' .'\ .llt'lm corrcxpondcnt'.’
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John Fardell
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