[Alan Varrechia]

Originally Posted by MargaretR

There was a distasteful side to the Sunday pageant -
Unemployed bussed in to steward river pageant | UK news | The Guardian

jobseekers were bussed in from Bristol Bath and Plymouth to work unpaid as stewards, and had to sleep rough under London Bridge.

Apparantly this is the same company thats in charge of the stewards at the olympics so maybe there will be more forced labour there.