Following on from the Boston Tea Party (No taxation without representation) We have now started the NORTHAMPTON TEA PARTY ( Say No to No Tea at Delapre) at:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Northampton-Tea-Party/302273234884?v=photos#!/photo.php?pid=3280625&id=302273234884
or search for us 'Northampton Tea Party' on your facebook page.
Below is a copy of our inaugural speech given in the Walled Garden this morning
This battlefield of kings, this green oasis, This earth of majesty, this seat of nuns, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of a Liberal Democrat Council, This happy breed of Northampton men and women, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which served in it's walled garden cups of tea, Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of Northampton Borough Council ,-- This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this Abbey they call Delapre!!!
Let us therefore commit ourselves to drink from the cup of thy beauty and thus defy the planners and plotters of Clegg's Army, defiant in the knowledge that truth is our tea cup and righteousness our saucer.
LAWBREAKERS
Our Photo Shows Independent Cllr Tony Clarke, Dr Marie Dickie OBE (former chair of Northamptonshire Police Authority) and John Dickie (former Leader of Northampton Borough Council) defying the Councils Tea ban in the walled Garden on Saturday 13th February 2010
Why not join us by sending your own tea based photos to our facebook wall? Together we can beat this tea tyranny
Pity you hadn't got the bottle to purchase a cuppa from the tea rooms and sit on the tea rooms furniture. Anyone could take there own flask.
ReplyDeleteWe did, after we had had our own illicit supply!
ReplyDeleteAnd a couple of very nice toasted tea cakes with butter, and a slice of jam cake for Marie, and a healthy donation towards FoDA was given at the same time.
Seriously though people should take their own flasks for their photos so as the Tea room is not in breach of its ridiculous planning condition, as I am sure some Cllrs would be happy to evict them on the grounds of non complance. Do though visit the tea room afterwards, its a wonderful place.
You're trouble Councillor Clarke, nothing but trouble!!!
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