"Two unemployed job-seekers, who did not want to be named, because they feared losing their benefits, told the Guardian that they had to sleep under London Bridge the night before the pageant. Not only did they have to sleep under London Bridge, they were also made to change into security uniform in public, had no toilet facilities for 24 hours, and were driven to a swamp ridden campsite on the outskirts of London after completing a 14-hour shift in heavy rain, on the banks of the Thames on Sunday."

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