100 acts of minor dissent

Mark Thomas, September Publishing, 192 pages, paperback, £9.99

Did you know that Mark Thomas is a Guinness World Record holder for holding 20 protests in 24 hours? Or that he cost British Nuclear Fuels over £1 million in clean-up operations after exposing irradiated pigeon shit?

In 2014, Thomas set himself a challenge with dire consequences if he failed (a donation to UKIP would be the forfeit), and began 12 months of dissent. From returning junk mail in their pre-paid envelopes, to finding a new definition for the word ‘farage’, he took on causes big and small.

The project grew to acts of national consequence: such as the tax arrangements of the likes of Apple, Google and Amazon; campaigning against the degrading Work Capability Assessment; and supporting better wages for John Lewis cleaners, .

He used these experiences for a series of comedy sketches which have now been turned into a book.

Thomas approaches all these issues with equal gusto. We might not all find ourselves leading a national campaign, but Thomas shows there is still plenty we can do to get up the noses of big business and those in charge.

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