Upside down man in 'fat cat' rage

A man suspended himself upside down in Trafalgar Square to protest against the rising cost of living yesterday.

Herbert Crossman, 60, from Harrow, hung upside down from a crane for two hours in central London, attached by the ankles with a bungee rope.

He was protesting against what he described as the "take, take, take attitude" of the British Government.



He said he demonstrated how the British public is "haemorrhaging money" by lining up three tubs beneath him to catch money as it fell from his pockets - one tub for the Government, one for utility bills and one in red for his income.

Mr Crossman said: "Everything is going up - gas, electricity, the congestion charge, parking, petrol - everything. It's our money the Government is spending and wasting, not their fat-cat salaries. If I was doing what they are in my business I'd be out of work by now."

He did not prepare for his suspension but had a medical check to make sure he had good blood pressure and circulation.