Cathedrals, tents and boardrooms
As protests highlight the dramatic inequalities in British society, Roger Iredale considers a movement that represents ‘hope against might’
In Bath this week I saw a small park with fifteen tents in it and notices declaring: ‘We are the 99%’. Such camps are in cities around the globe. The Occupy London camp at St Paul’s is, for us, the best known and most controversial. It has forced the church to recognise its priorities and decide its stance on poverty versus power. The demonstrators are now pitted against the vested interests of the City of London, in all its majesty and might.
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