Suppose they gave a protest and nobody came

According to The Guardian, Brits have better things to do than protest Bush: Peace campaigners dressed as the US president and the Queen in a horse-drawn carriage headed the procession, which also included a pink “love tank” and demonstrators dressed as weapons inspectors and Guantanamo Bay detainees. Around 200 protesters gathered at Jubilee Gardens on … Continue reading “Suppose they gave a protest and nobody came”

According to The Guardian, Brits have better things to do than protest Bush:

Peace campaigners dressed as the US president and the Queen in a horse-drawn carriage headed the procession, which also included a pink “love tank” and demonstrators dressed as weapons inspectors and Guantanamo Bay detainees.

Around 200 protesters gathered at Jubilee Gardens on London’s South Bank for the parade, which was due to finish at Trafalgar Square.

Some campaigners expressed disappointment at the modest turnout but Aiden Hutton from Suffolk, who played the role of George Bush, said: “There have been about 14,000 police, I think that’s a wonderful turnout.”

Some scheduled protests didn’t even happen, according to this from Iain Murray’s source on the ground:

The tannoy said there may or may not be a peaceful demo at Victoria Station at 3pm. It’s now 3.45. Heard nowt.

I tell you, civil disobedience isn’t what it was…

Suppose they gave a protest and nobody came.