IT WAS almost like old times: yesterday the eco-warriors known as the McLibel Two were again outside a McDonald’s handing out leaflets criticising the fast-food outlet.
But this time they were celebrating victory, not drumming up support for the battle. It is 15 years since Helen Steel, 39, and Dave Morris, 50, devoted four years of their lives to fighting the corporation in the longest trial in history.
Both are vegans and call themselves anarchists. Mr Morris worked for six years for the Post Office in Islington, North London. Ms Steel is a trainee electrician. They met at a community action group in Haringey and the friendship grew during the miners’ strike.
Ms Steel said: “There is still the battle to create a society based around people’s needs, rather than around making profits for a minority.” Mr Morris added: “Multinationals still exist, McDonald’s still exists, governments still exist, oppression, low wages — a whole range of injustice in society.”
