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https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1676956/captain-tom-memorial-human-faeces-urine-hatton-derbyshire-end-uk-private-jets
Disgraceful eco protester pours 'human faeces and urine' on Captain Tom memorial
Protester Maddie Budd, 21, poured what she said was human faeces on the memorial as part of a campaign against the use of private jets in the UK.
By MATTHEW DOOLEY
15:50, Sat, Oct 1, 2022 | UPDATED: 16:55, Sat, Oct 1, 2022
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Eco-protester pours human feces on Captain Tom memorial
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An eco protester poured faeces over a memorial to Captain Tom who raised
money for the NHS during the Coronavirus pandemic by walking in his
garden. Former medical student Maddie Budd tipped what she said was
human waste over the statue in Thistley Meadow in Hatton, Derbyshire.
Before his death, Captain Sir Tom Moore made headlines for his NHS
fundraiser during the pandemic in the run-up to his 100th birthday.
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He began to walk 100 laps in his garden to support the NHS Charities
Together. He had raised more than £32million by the time he turned 100.
Ms Budd has said that she poured human faeces and urine in response to
the UK Government's refusal to end the use of private jets.
She said: "People are going to say that he’s a hero, people are going to
say that this is profoundly, obscenely disrespectful to his life, and to
the NHS he stood up for and I agree.
"I was studying to become a doctor because I believe in taking care of
people. If we believe that the NHS is important, if we believe in taking
care of each other, if we believe that NHS workers are doing essential
work, why are forcing our healthcare system into collapse, why are we
forcing our civilisation into collapse, why is basically no-one taking
this genocide of all humanity seriously?
A protester pouring waste on a memorial.
An eco protester poured human waste over a memorial for Captain Tom.
(Image: End UK Private Jets)
"All of this is true and the Government won’t even End UK Private Jets,
every time one takes off, it pours a bucket of sh** and blood onto
everything that Captain Tom stood for."
The act was apparently done in the name of End UK Private Jets which
appears to be a relatively new organisation without much of an online following.
The group posted a video to Twitter of Maddie Budd pouring the liquid
over the memorial, which is inscribed with the words "Tomorrow will be a
good day".
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Captain Sir Tom Moore.
Captain Sir Tom Moore was knighted by the Queen at Windsor Castle.
(Image: GETTY)
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Captain Sir Tom Moore was knighted by the Queen for his efforts to raise
money for the NHS at Windsor Castle in July 2020. He received 150,000
cards on his 100th birthday. He died at Bedford Hospital on February 2,
2021.
One person who claimed to have gifted the statue to Thistley Meadow said
they had reported the incident to the police.
They said in a tweet: "I am the person who gifted the memorial to
Thistley Meadow, and would like to inform you that we will be pursuing
Maddie for vandalism. We will work with the police to ensure this taken
as far as possible."
The statue was defaced in December 2021 when someone spray-painted the
word "IRA" over it.
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