New Zealand authorities play Barry Manilow at anti-vax protesters
New Zealand is one of a number of countries which have seen anti-vax protests in recent days. While some protesters are on the far right or conspiracy fans, there is usually a mixed bunch with some disliking State authority. (I’m fully jabbed and pro-vax btw).
In Paris on 12th February police fired tear gas at protesters but New Zealand has tried different tactic. A relatively small protest of around 100 has been outside the Parliament building in Wellington for some days. Keen to get them to disperse a new strategy was tried on Friday- one that is beyond the conception of Priti Patel. Barry Manilow songs were played at the protesters. It may not be a great reflection on them that it doesn’t seem to have worked…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-60362529
By evening, Parliament Speaker Trevor Mallard had come up with a new plan to make the protesters uncomfortable: using a sound system to blast out vaccine messages, decades-old Barry Manilow songs and the 1990s earworm hit “Macarena” on a repeat loop.
I seem to recall that the CIA arranged to have Twisted Sister played at Noriega’s abode back in the day. Or am I mistaken
Gill