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Paul Whitehouse, Steve Coogan, Lee Mack, Joe Lycett sewage protest gig

Monday 22nd May 2023, 3:32pm by Jay Richardson

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Steve Coogan, Paul Whitehouse, Lee Mack and Joe Lycett are to perform at a protest against sewage being dumped in Lake Windermere.

The four comedians are backing the Save Windermere campaign and will attend a free public demonstration on the waterfront next week.

Whitehouse, who has become a prominent campaigner against the pollution of the UK's waterways in the wake of his popular BBC Two show Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, will host proceedings at The Glebe on the banks of the lake next Monday from noon to 3pm.

Coogan, Mack and Lycett will also perform short sets according to local news website Cumbria Crack. Coogan is associated with the area after he and Rob Brydon visited Lake Windermere in the first series of their Sky/BBC comedy The Trip.

Campaign founder Matt Staniek and Lord David Clark of Windermere will also make speeches on the "slow death" of Windermere, how it can be restored and the action that needs to be taken now, while Freya, a local school pupil, will speak on the importance of protecting Windermere for future generations.

"The Windermere narrative from the campaign has firmly cemented itself in the national conversation about sewage pollution and what is happening with the water industry" said Staniek.

"Because of this we now have famous people coming along and saying well actually we stand in solidarity with you and want to put your message across that we want to see an end to all treated and untreated sewage discharge into the lake.

"The campaign started because we wanted to see an end to sewage pollution in Windermere. This demonstration is about having a moment in time where people can have their voices heard on the day.

"The main objective is to get as many people there as possible to show a unified Lake District and put that message across to United Utilities that we want to see an end to sewage pollution."

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