Raining on our parade
“Wot no human rights?”Well, that was the dampest demo I’ve ever been on. Made the leaflets go a bit mushy, but passers by were pretty cheery - even if the Embassy door stayed bolted shut for the duration. Respect to Sean here who I think got damper than most - I, and nearly everyone else, made sure to buy a brolly for it (which made for a rather widely-spaced crowd, trying not to poke or drip on each other).
Biggest surprise though was getting a relatively good turnout of people prepared to stand in the rain. Lots came and went quite quickly when they saw the lack of cover, but I reckon there were consistently around 50 there most of the time - so I’m sure we can legitimately claim 20,000.
Bit disappointed by the lack of chanting, but otherwise quite a pleasant lunchtime, and certainly better than sitting in a cell in Zimbabwe. I’m sure Mugabe doesn’t really give a t*ss what anyone in Britain thinks, but fingers crossed that today’s international day of action will get a whole bunch of reports going back to Harare from embassies around the world - letting them know that the trials next week *will* be followed outside the country too.
March 14th, 2007 at 4:07 pm
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