It seems I spoke too soon yesterday. After the peaceful march on Saturday, today we have seen riots in parts of Edinburgh with roads closed, shops shut up and sirens blazing for most of the day. These were not the lovely MPH campaigners, but a minority of anti-G8 protesters using the G8 summit events to pursue their own agenda.
Despite this the vibe in the city is still a positive one. A group of us have been out and about today taking photos of people holding up MPH messages which will contribute to a gallery of hundreds, possibly thousands of similar pictures that are going to be displayed along Princes Street and projected around the city, including on the rocks below Edinburgh castle - should be impressive! (and available for you to see on the Oxfam website soon!)
We were taking photos at the national museum until they closed that up too - although we did get to see Dolly the first cloned sheep in all her glory, as well as some other strange stuffed animals - random!
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