{"id":6084,"date":"2016-04-04T10:52:24","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T10:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=6084"},"modified":"2016-04-04T10:52:24","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T10:52:24","slug":"march-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=6084","title":{"rendered":"March 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rather to my surprise I actually finished uploading My London Diary for last month before the end of the month, thanks to taking the last two days of March off, and something of a less active period around Easter &#8211; less active that is apart from some fairly lengthy walks with my family.<\/p>\n<p>I was so surprised that&#8217;s its been a few days before I finally got around to posting my normal monthly round-up here on <strong>&gt;Re:PHOTO<\/strong>, but here at last it is.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/16\/20160316-d452.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There was one huge disappointment &#8211; although the cleaners at SOAS appeared to be about to win their case to be taken in-house, the management decided against it, though it is very unclear for what reason. One struggle they and I hoped had been won still continues &#8211; and staff, students and cleaners will be more determined than ever.<\/p>\n<p>There was also one victory, or at least a partial one, with Iain Duncan Smith&#8217;s resignation. Although stated to be because of he was unwilling to accept further welfare cuts, this is hard to believe. IDS\u00a0 was personally responsible for most or all of the cuts that have severely hit the disabled and for the vile sanctions regime that have left so many destitute and reliant on food banks, as well as to suicides like that of <em>David Clapson<\/em> &#8211; and many others. But his successor may even be worse.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"mygrey\"><strong>My London Diary: Mar 2016<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"tightline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/mar.htm#prep\" target=\"_blank\">Act Up invade NHS to demand PrEP<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/mar.htm#basingstoke\" target=\"_blank\">Basingstoke Canal Walk<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/mar.htm#staines\" target=\"_blank\">Staines &amp; Ashford Walk<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/mar.htm#isleworth\" target=\"_blank\">Syon, Isleworth &amp; Mogden<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/mar.htm#brentfordpans\" target=\"_blank\">Riverside Brentford Panoramas<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/mar.htm#brentford\" target=\"_blank\">Riverside Brentford<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/mar.htm#belgian\" target=\"_blank\">Belgian flags for Brussels<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tightline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/23\/20160323-d227.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/mar.htm#schools\" target=\"_blank\">Hands Off Our Schools<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/mar.htm#idsparty\" target=\"_blank\">DPAC&#8217;s &#8216;IDS Resignation Party&#8217;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/mar.htm#australia\" target=\"_blank\">Australians protest on UN Anti-Racism day<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tightline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/19\/20160319-d278.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><br \/>\n<small>Marcia Rigg<\/small><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/mar.htm#rally\" target=\"_blank\">Refugees Welcome Rally<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/mar.htm#refugees\" target=\"_blank\">Stand Up to Racism &#8211; Refugees Welcome march<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/mar.htm#nigeria\" target=\"_blank\">Halt mass deportation flights to Nigeria<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/mar.htm#soas\" target=\"_blank\">SOAS Cleaners Sense Victory<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/mar.htm#budget\" target=\"_blank\">Houses of Parliament Budget Day<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/mar.htm#housing\" target=\"_blank\">Kill the Housing &amp; Planning Bill<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tightline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/12\/20160312-d167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/mar.htm#yarlswood\" target=\"_blank\">Shut Down Yarl&#8217;s Wood<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/mar.htm#clapson\" target=\"_blank\">David Clapson &#8211; Sanctioned to Death<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tightline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/09\/20160309-d624.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/mar.htm#sanctions\" target=\"_blank\">Unite against Benefit Sanctions<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/mar.htm#uganda\" target=\"_blank\">Ugandans protest rigged Presidential Election<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/mar.htm#uchrally\" target=\"_blank\">UCH rally for Junior Doctors Strike<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/mar.htm#setherfree\" target=\"_blank\">Set Her Free &#8211; International Women&#8217;s Day<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/mar.htm#bloomberg\" target=\"_blank\">IWGB Women&#8217;s Day protest over sacked cleaner<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tightline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/07\/20160307-d079-Edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/mar.htm#caceres\" target=\"_blank\">Vigil for murdered Berta C\u00e1ceres<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/mar.htm#bunhill\" target=\"_blank\">Bunhill Fields Under Threat<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tightline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/06\/20160306-d641-Edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/mar.htm#kurds\" target=\"_blank\">Break the Silence! Turkey&#8217;s War on Kurds<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/mar.htm#nottinghill\" target=\"_blank\">Class War&#8217;s Notting Hill Pub Stroll<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/mar.htm#it\" target=\"_blank\">London is on Fire &#8211; IT is back<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tightline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/04\/20160304-d277.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/mar.htm#jobcoaches\" target=\"_blank\">No Job Coaches in GP Surgeries<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/mar.htm#guantanamo\" target=\"_blank\">Shut Guantanamo, End Indefinite Detention<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tightline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/mar.htm#london\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2016\/03\/london\/20160304-d391.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><br \/>\nLondon Images<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><small><strong>March Stats<\/strong><br \/>\n&gt;Re:PHOTO 188,061 visits; 353,150 page impressions<br \/>\nMy London Diary 56,603 visits; 296,647 page impressions<\/small><\/p>\n<p>Neither site carries advertising or gets support from any outside body. My only income from this work comes from sales of images for reproduction in newspapers, magazines &amp; books etc. which are small and ever-diminishing. Small donations &#8211; see below &#8211; from individuals to support my work are welcome.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden; width: 450px; height: 80px;\" src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/follow?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpeter.marshall.712&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;width=450&amp;height=80\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n______________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><small><a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">My London Diary<\/a> : <a href=\"http:\/\/londonphotographs.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Buildings of London<\/a> : <a href=\"http:\/\/river-lea.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">River Lea\/Lee Valley<\/a> : <a href=\"http:\/\/petermarshallphotos.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">London&#8217;s Industrial Heritage<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><small>All photographs on this and my other sites, unless otherwise stated, are taken by and copyright of Peter Marshall, and are available for reproduction or can be bought as prints.<\/small><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><small><a href=\"http:\/\/buildingsoflondon.co.uk\/comments.htm\" target=\"_blank\">To order prints or reproduce images<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><small>There are no adverts on this site and it receives no sponsorship, and I like to keep it that way. But it does take a considerable amount of my time and thought, and if you enjoy reading it, the occasional <a href=\"http:\/\/paypal.me\/Rephoto\" target=\"_blank\">small donation<\/a> &#8211; perhaps the cost of a beer &#8211; would be appreciated. <\/small><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rather to my surprise I actually finished uploading My London Diary for last month before the end of the month, thanks to taking the last two days of March off, and something of a less active period around Easter &#8211; less active that is apart from some fairly lengthy walks with my family. I was &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=6084\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">March 2016<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-own-work","category-political-issues"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6084"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6088,"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6084\/revisions\/6088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}