On a soggy Thursday afternoon in north London, dozens of Guardian and Observer journalists were in high spirits as they gathered, placards in hand, on the pavement of the busy A-road that runs past their glass-walled HQ near King’s Cross.
“It’s like Glastonbury,” said one cheery picketer as she offered a cup of tea, carton of oat milk in hand. The actress Jemma Redgrave delivered a short, supportive speech, telling the crowd: “I’m one amongst many who’s on your side.” A passing bus driver tooted his horn in solidarity. Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas is You blared out of a boom box positioned at the side of a makeshift stall selling “Save The Observer”material.
Hours later, the board of the Scott Trust —