Posted on 11/19/2003 8:01:47 AM PST by woofie
Peace campaigners say they aren't disappointed at the low turn-out for George Bush protests across central London.
Around 200 protesters gathered at Jubilee Gardens on London's South Bank for a colourful parade.
But organisers from the Stop The War Coalition said they were not concerned with the relatively small number.
Aiden Hutton from Suffolk, who played the role of George Bush in the procession, said: "There have been about 14,000 police, I think that's a wonderful turn-out."
As the demonstrators reached Trafalgar Square, the water in the fountain pools turned a blood red colour after a demonstrator was thought to have released dye into the water.
To a chorus of booing, "George Bush" and "the Queen" addressed a crowd which contained hundreds of demonstrators and scores of journalists.
Six-year-old Juan Stone, from Daventry, sat looking out from the front of a pink tank covered in biodegradable heart-shaped balloons.
Nancy Elan, a musician from New York who has lived in London for 10 years, said she welcomed the opportunity to register her opposition to Mr Bush.
She said: "George Bush doesn't represent many Americans, I mean he wasn't even voted in.
"Of course I'm not proud that he's supposed to be our president."
At the back of the procession was one of the three London buses which travelled to Baghdad before the Iraq war taking a group of high profile "human shields".
Shouldnt the human shield be in front?
That day will truly happen when the people in the UK, get rid of the yearly tax on each TV they own, to fund the BBC.
Actually, its 2-3000 police on this day, then 4-5000 this night... The 14,000 is a rough estimate of the total needed for the entire trip, not all at once.
And the human shield buses? Last I heard, one was broken down in Jordan and the guy was trying to get the money to get his bus home, and his wife was none too happy. Hold on...
Human Shield Buses Stuck in Beirut, Seek Fare Home
I guess they got the money.
Lie alert.
Ok... so you've lived in London for the past 10 years...
She said: "George Bush doesn't represent many Americans, I mean he wasn't even voted in.
and since you have not lived in the U.S. for the last 10 years, I'd have to agree that Bush doesn't represent you...
"Of course I'm not proud that he's supposed to be our president."
Pssst... here's a tip - he's not your president anymore, foreigner...
The 100,000 protester estimate is for tomorrow.
According to the hyperventilating reporterette at the ABC Radio top of the hour news, millions, maybe billions, were going to protest.
All airliners in the world were crammed with people on their way to London to protest Bush. Those who could not get airline tickets were wading ashore in handmade boats and marching in hundred mile-long columns to the protest site.
Schools have closed, business shut down, hospitals working with skeleten crews because everyone is thronging to protest.
Aliens from all over the galaxy were landing en masse to protest against G. W. Bush because he is such a threat to galactic peace. The British Isle is sinking by several inches under the weight of humanity, and flooding has become a problem in coastal areas.
Through her convulsive orgasms, the reporterette breathlessly and emphatically stated that she may well be the only living organism in the universe who was not on his/her/its way to protest the evil GW Bush.
I can't think of British TV without thinking of the movie "Euporean Vacation" and the crappy cheese show on the hotel TV.
Yep, I beleive it is a 30 pound "fee"(i.e. tax) on every TV in their household and that money goes straight to the BBC.
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