Occupy Edinburgh and Beyond

 As the Statue of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville  towers over the grandeur of  St Andrews Square his gaze fixed along a westerly George street a small but growing band of protesters holding court beneath his feet cry out we are the 99%.

 TheOccupy movement has gathered momentum from around the planet, birthed through an opposing canal to greed and gluttony occupied by 1% of the population who control the destiny of 99%. Need we forget in Edinburgh alone the taxpayers burdens of the Trams fiasco aligned with the country’s Banking bail out still fresh and ongoing swelling our tongues with contemptuous tastes,or maybe it is easier to be emotionally submissive and cry down the sleeve of injustice and wait for the second coming.

 Henry Dundas whose oratory skills captivated parliament on many occasions to successfully appose the abolition of slavery might be shifting uneasily above the occupiers as the last person to be impeached in the United Kingdom for missing Admiralty money, of which Dundas had been treasurer. As in the song by black artist Shirley Bassey a little bit of history repeated.

 A stones through away in St Mary's Cathedral lies the shoulder blade of St Andrew who in 832 AD appeared in a vision to King Angus. The vision was that when a saltire cross appeared in the sky his outnumbered and surrounded troops would win the day, and so it came to pass. Confusion would rain supremely if the same vision was to be interpreted today or any other day over our Chemtrailed skies.

So what lies ahead for the Occupy Edinburgh protesters amid this dreary Scottish Weather? I for one hope they retain the inner strengths and conviction to carry the 99% banner to a 100% conclusion.