So, anywhere between 500,000 and two million people have been out in London today protesting against the war.
Blair's response was a piece of sentimental pap, obfuscating figures to make them sound meaningful (OK, this is politics, but still...) going 'don't care what you think, don't want to be popular, I'm right, you're wrong, that's what democracy is all about.'
Interesting how his argument for war changes every day - and that he's now using the 'feeling sorry for poor Iraquis' angle; haven't noticed him wading in with bombs to defend human rights attrocities over the rest of the world.
My other half was stewarding at the London event and was happy by the way things were going when I spoke to him a couple of hours ago. Looking forward to hearing what it was like at the event. Watched a load of the speeches on TV and it looked pretty impressive.
You'd think that the huge amounts of demonstrations worldwide could have some impact. We can only hope.
Posted by emilyd at February 15, 2003 05:12 PM