Nice. ActionAid, an anti-poverty charity (as opposed to all those pro-poverty charities), has lodged a petition to have St. Pauls Cathedral in London demolished. The move comes after a mining company pressed forward with plans to develop a bauxite mine in the Niyamgiri mountain – that’s in India, by the way.
According to ActionAid, the proposed mine will displace the 8,000 strong Kondh tribe who inhabit the mountain, as they believe it home to the God Niyam Raja. That’s not all, tiger. ActionAid believe the mine will destroy local eco-systems, cause deforestation and adversely affect water sources. Bad news all round.
So, as the logic goes, by applying to knock down St. Paul’s, ActionAid will draw attention to the plight of the Kondh tribe and force the mining company, Vedanta Resources PLC (who must be spitting tacks by now) to withdraw their “outrageous” plans. Yea, sure – the logic is tenuous – but by crikey, has it worked. The story has been picked up by a large number of media outlets – including both Wigan Today and Worthing Today. And the BBC and some other places.
So, good on ActionAid. Do you know what would be really funny though? If their proposal went through and they tore St. Pauls down. Egg. On. Face.
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Michael lays claim to seeing the hit teen movie American Pie before any other Briton. He is a self-proclaimed 'artist-writer-philosopher' who strongly believes that tangible evidence of his creative genius should not be considered essential for fame and respect. Michael is considered lazy by many of his peers. Michael currently lives with his Granny in Pinner, Middlesex.
James starred in The Killing Fields as the voice of the director, but this was taken out of the final version and so it proved a wasted trip to Pakistan or wherever it was. What else? Oh yeah, he has completed Tomb Raider II five times and says 'smell you later' quite a lot. He lives with an old man on an abandoned allotment high up in the hills. They're just friends.
Howard is Big Cloud's comedy consultant and star of "Ask Howard"... the least informative segment ever written.