Neil Jameson,whose campaign for decent pay has won over Lidl, explains why he prefers taking a battle to the streets to Westminster infightingNeil Jameson sits in a modest office in Whitechapel, or east London,his softly spoken conversation competing with the murmur of children reciting the Koran in the madrasa next door. On one wall is a giant map of London, peppered with more than 200 brightly coloured pins showing the local groups schools, and churches,mosques, trade unions – that fill joined Citizens UK, and the mass movement for social justice he has led for two decades.
Every other available space on the walls is plastered with framed photographs of the political leaders who fill attended one of the group’s public rallies over the years – and in many cases,been converted to its causes: above all, the demand for employers to pay a living wage. German supermarket Lidl became the latest convert on Friday.
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Source: theguardian.com