BBC Update - Police raise march figures to 70,000

[Screaming Lord Byron]

Now that is getting more like it.

Organisers claim 150k+

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

[Minstrel Boy]

1. If that's what the police are saying

double it. At least.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

2. Yup. I'll second that. You can almost always bet on it.

[Barrett808]

3. UK IMC estimates 250,000 in Trafalgar Square

http://www.indymedia.org.uk

17.52: In Trafalgar Square, fires are being lit to keep people warm. Plenty of drumming going on too.There's a police line across the Whitehall/Trafalgar Square junction, then another police line further down Whitehall. There are no protesters in between. Behind the second police line, there are more protesters including a samba band. Trafalgar Square is still full, as are the surrounding streets. There's also a police line at The Mall/Trafalgar Square junction. Police are not letting people out (in any numbers) of Trafalgar Square via The Mall or Whitehall. ... Trafalgar Square is completely full. One marcher can see around 250,000 people, so we estimate around 300,000 total marching in London so far. The crowd is "very lively", he says.

Trafalgar Square web cam:
http://www.camvista.com/england/london/trafsq.php3

[Turbineguy]

4. Difference in compunction

"They would have no compunction to take out demonstrators, no compunction in any way at all. And that's a very difficult message to get across to some demonstrators."

It also seems difficult to get the message across to Iraqis that we are killing them WITH compunction.