Dirty Beach T-shirts not allowed in Parliament! 05/27/2009

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Lou and Chloe went to Parliament to Lobby their MPs - Des Turner and Celia Barlow. The Day was alright - not much press which was a shame. Speakers Martin Slater MP and Huw Irranca-Davies MP were very positive and we did as expected and lobbied our MPs, pointing out the importance of the Marine and Coastal Access Bill going through and the largely linguistic changes that needed to be made to make it really effective. Despite there being no media presence, even though it was an event organised by RSPB, WWF, Wildlife Trusts and Marine Conservation Society, there were more than 250 there from across the country to lobby their MPs.

More interestingly we were stopped by security from going into Parliament wearing our Dirty beach T-shirts, as they were seen to be 'campaigning' and had to go into a room and turn them inside out. Once inside Parliament, Celia Barlow called for a photo shoot and suggested Lou turned her T-shirt back the right way round - this meant a bit of bra flashing.