Perspective on
anti-war fever:
There is a massive buzz about the demos in
Glasgow and London on Saturday. The Scottish
edition of the mirror today featured a lead piece on it
and announced that they would be printing placards for demonstrators to carry. Meanwhile the London
demo will now be graced with the likes of Charles Kennedy and Mo Mowlem and the newspapers have
fashion features about what to wear to
the demo! The BBC have had to issue
guidelines to its
journalists instructing them who can and can’t attend the demo (to protest rather than work)[…]
Finally top trade-union leaders have warned that strike action against the war is a possibility,
and for the first time there is serious talk about replacing Blair as Labour leader before the
next election.