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streetfestival@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish ·
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Led By Donkeys unfurl giant 'it's a genocide' banner outside parliament

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Led By Donkeys unfurl giant 'it's a genocide' banner outside parliament

www.thelondoneconomic.com

streetfestival@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish ·
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Campaign group Led By Donkeys has unfurled a huge genocide banner in Parliament Square protesting the war in Gaza.

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  • HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml
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    Parliament: “We know. That’s the point.”

  • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
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    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdrlx5yxr60o

    The same group behind this hilarious stunt

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    Art

  • davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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    I’m disappointed to learn that no actual donkeys led—or participated in any way—the unfurling.

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      I don’t know for sure, but my guess would be that the name refers to the fact that the most powerful people in the world are mostly a bunch of stubborn asses doing the same bullshit no matter what the people wants.

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        It’s an old phrase, “lions lead by donkeys”, originally used to describe British soldiers being lead by incompetent generals, possibly during the Crimean war. The concept goes way further back though; apparently an Athenian general in the 4th century said (translated) “an army of deer commanded by a lion is more to be feared than an army of lions commanded by a deer”.

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    Can we get one of these in DC next?

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    Which country?

    • streetfestival@lemmy.caOP
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      England

      • Rogue@feddit.uk
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        UK to be more precise. England doesn’t have a devolved parliament

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          Why would they, entland is the parliment. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland combined make up a fraction of England’s population. Scotland’s still better tho

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