Thousands Join Anti-Bush Protest

[pippin]

"Thousands of people have taken to the streets in London to protest against George W Bush and the war on Iraq.

Organisers expect more than 100,000 on a march in central London, which will skirt Downing Street on its way to Trafalgar Square. . . Many schoolchildren are expected to leave their classrooms, particularly in London schools, and join the march."


BBC News
Thursday, 20 November, 2003, 14:41 GMT

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3223780.stm

[PsychoDad]

1. England...

A free country where the public can assemble to protest and call for redress of concerns from their government. Safely.

A stark contrast to Miami, and a less free country.

[meisje]

2. police are anticipating closer to 30,000 to 40,000.

not that any of you will believe anything less that 200,000

[It was not a pretzel]

5. Police on the ground have told a Sky reporter that it's 75 000

n/t

[Media_Lies_Daily]

6. I've decided to place a number of people on my Ignore List....

...you're #3.

[bobbyboucher]

9. Or you'd believe anything

more than 30K, or anything else you are spoon fed.

[Flubadubya]

11. You have an apparent bias...

How many would you prefer to see protesting, zero? I thought so.

[leftchick]

12. hey meisje...

eat this....
http://www.guardian.co.uk/antiwar/story/0,12809,1089661,00.html

<snip>Police delayed the start of the procession because they had underestimated the number of protesters that would attend, according to the Stop the War Coalition. The delay was caused when police had to close off extra streets to create enough space for the marchers, the coalition said.


....I guess the police can "misunderestimate" too!

[0007]

15. Where are you getting this foul information? From Rove?

I shall ignore you also!

[NIGHT TRIPPER]

17. yo meisje---who's "any of 'you' " ?

I attended all the Los angeles Protests and each one was downsized by the news media.

One Hollywood Protest I attended was verified by the LAPD at 30,000 people and yet the news continued to report 3,000.

Downsizing is business as usual for the new agencies.
They'll do it today.
Guess it's because they support our village idiot and his English butler
Blair.
Q:
Where's your head at meisje?

They eyes go in the front.

[ze_dscherman]

3. Trafalgar square webcam

This is not the meeting place, but on the proposed route.

Most other webcams are switched off:

http://www.earthcam.com/uk/england/trafalgar/

[joeunderdog]

10. Here's a live feed.

http://www.camvista.com/england/london/trafsq.php3

[truthseeker1]

4. Wait just a minute.....

>BUSH'S ITINERARY
Westminster Abbey to lay a wreath and meet families of soldiers killed in Iraq <

He hasn't met ANY American families of soldiers killed in Iraq, has he????

[leftchick]

7. not a one...

I wonder how the freepers rationalize that?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

8. Oh, I'm sure he wants to keep their grieving private (snigger)

that's the usual line.

[Skidmore]

13. The schtick I've heard is that "he's trying to be

sensitive and permit them their privacy".

[pink_poodle]

18. ROTFLOL! That's soooooo sane!!! -nm

"

[MUAD_DIB]

14. Do freepers rationalize anything.

I thought that to question Der Fuehrer is tantamount to treason.

[omshanti]

16. here's a picture

I know it doesn't show the full extent of the protests, but it is a powerful picture nonetheless.

"focus group", my ass!

[pink_poodle]

21. And that "focus group" looks to be pretty normal...........

average people. These days, protesters are from every age group and walk of life. We are all uniting to protest for a safer world.

[AntiCoup2K4]

19. Has the BBC been Freeped?

I find it very hard to believe that some of the comments posted here are actually from British citizens.

For example.....

It will be the same old tired protesters gathering in London, determined to have a dig at Blair and Bush. Where were these protesters when Saddam was committing atrocities, where were they when the Serbs were ethnic cleansing in the Balkans, where were they when the Chinese dictator came to the UK. The whole stop the war movement is a front for far leftist groups - the types of people who believed the USSR to be a model of Liberalism. Instead of protesting, get back to work...
Jonathan Pringle, Sunderland

[It was not a pretzel]

20. Yes, we have our fair share of them

BTW Bush told a Sky reporter to go find a job today too.

[belab13]

22. Simply Brilliant. Now when does our country get a clue. I'm ready to

march, protest, and disrupt the government apparatus today.