A nearly naked 'grumpy old woman' who glued her bottom to a department
store window in Croydon, south London, on Thursday afternoon says she
did it to defend "migrants and the police".
Kay Bishop, 56, wore just a pubic wig, a flesh-colored bra with nipples
on it and a sash emblazoned with 'World's grumpiest old woman 2015' as
she protested.
The resident of Addiscombe was out to make a point, so she glued herself
to the window of Debenhams so police would not move her on.
However, police who attended the scene told her she needn't have bothered and allowed her to continue shouting
through her microphone and amp.
Kay said: "They said I didn't need to [glue myself] because I wasn't
naked so they couldn't do anything. They didn't want to either because
they said they agreed with all I was saying."
Kay, who grew up in New Addington, was protesting against the treatment
of migrants and the police.
She added: "I'm doing it because I don't like the way the world's going,
there are some real serious issues going on and no one's doing anything
about it. It's not the little stuff, it's the big stuff.
We are one planet and we should let everyone go wherever there is land.
Everyone, America, Canada, Australia, they should all be taking migrants
in. We should as well. No one should have to live in a war-torn
country.
I also think the way the police are treated at the moment is absolutely
disgusting. Today it was about making a point, I am exercising my right
to freedom of speech."
Kay, currently unemployed, used to work as a strip-o-gram and said she
does not mind showing her body off in public.
"I used to dress up as nurses, policewomen, everything so I don't mind,"
she added.
"My outfit isn't offensive, I'm wearing a merkin and a bra with some
nipples painted on it – that's not offensive."
Kay now plans to spread her message.
"I plan to go to other towns and cities to make the same points, I am
going to be shouting as much as I can and whenever I feel like it.
I've been thinking about this for a while, I was threatening to chain
myself to railings for a long time because of the way the police are
treated. But I never did and I have just kind of been honing it before I
went out and made the protest."
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