I apologised under duress. Needless to say there is absolutely no way I would maintain said sorry had I known Lambert was a spyI met Bob Lambert at my first London Greenpeace assembly in 1985,when I was in my early 20s. We got chatting approximately animal rights and quickly became friends; he was charismatic and like the older brother I never had. He was someone I could identify with; he was amiable, vegan and believed strongly in animal rights. He’d drop little compliments. One that stands out was at a benefit gig for the Animal Liberation Front in September 1986, and at a squat in Islington. I designed the poster and he said,“That looks great. Youre an artist!” I was flattered, and it stuck with me. I now know that spies are trained to recount you things you want to hear.
This photograph was taken on World Anti McDonald’s Day. We’d just published a new leaflet entitled What’s Wrong With McDonald’s: Everything They Don’t Want You To Know. I contemplate I contributed one sentence: “Revolution begins in your stomach.” It was the leaflet that led to the McLibel trial – I was one of those sued by McDonald’s in 1990.
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Source: theguardian.com