Provisional schedule

Here are my current plans for Disgusting DSEi week. (Police authorisation has been obtained for all vigils within the SOCPA zone.) I will aim to update this blog each evening during DSEi week. Please phone for updates - 07506 234 091.

Sunday 6 September, 4pm - After a bowl of vegetable soup, I commenced my fast (water / zero calorie beverages only). I only consumed fruit and vegetables today. I decided to start my fast earlier than originally planned. I will still end it on Friday afternoon, after the arms dealers have left DSEi to go off and make a killing elsewhere. It will therefore be a 120-hour fast.

Monday 7 September, from 8am - Peaceful vigil outside pre-DSEi arms industry conference at Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster SW1P 3EE (very near Parliament Square). Please note that this vigil is separate from the Disarm DSEi noise demo which is taking place simultaneously at the same venue.

6.30pm - Silent candle-lit vigil for victims of the arms trade, next to Royal Victoria DLR station in east London (near ExCel, the venue for the arms fair).

Tuesday 8 September, 11am - First day of DSEi, the world's largest arms fair. I will join the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) rally outside ExCel in east London, the venue for the arms fair, then travel with them (hopefully on one of the special CAAT double-decker buses) to UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) offices in Victoria (Kingsgate House, 66-74 Victoria Street, London, SW1E 6SW
Map: http://tinyurl.com/UKTImap ), arriving around 1pm. I will stay there the rest of the day (until at least 5pm). Further details of the CAAT events can be found here.

Wednesday 9 September (date 9.9.9) - Day dedicated to awakening the Establishment from its moral slumber.

8.30am - UKTI office, Victoria St. 9.09am - 5 minutes' silence for the victims of arms-trade-fuelled conflict around the world, aided and abetted by the British government.

10am - Set off for Department for Business, Innovation and Skills - Responsible for UKTI alongside the Foreign Office.

10.45am - Parliament Square

11.30am - Foreign and Commonwealth Office - Responsible for UKTI alongside the Department for Business.

12noon - Downing Street

1pm - Ministry of Defence - Previously sponsored DSEi and still sends military representatives. Helps keep the arms trade in business by invading other countries, murdering civilians, building nuclear weapons, etc.

2pm - Buckingham Palace - Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, is the UKTI Special Representative, so it's part of his remit to travel around the world securing lucrative arms deals with dictators and repressive regimes.

3pm (until at least 5pm) - Back at UKTI

Thursday 10 September - Merchants of Death part I - Visits to various arms corporations nearby. Start at UKTI at 8.30am, heading off on tour at 10am, back at UKTI around 2.30pm (until at least 5pm). The tour will also include Parliament Square (10.45-11.30) and Downing Street (11.30-12.15) .

Friday 11 September - Merchants of Death Part II and remembering the victims of terrorism (including state-instigated terrorism) and the "War on Terror" on the 8th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Start at UKTI at 8.30am, heading off on tour at 10am, back at UKTI in the afternoon. Possible visit to Westminster Cathedral piazza nearby.

Break fast after 4pm (when DSEi is due to close).

Hope you can join me at some point...

Dan