Reuters: Police expect up to 25,000 on anti-war march (Manchester/UK)

[mogster]

LONDON (Reuters) - Up to 25,000 anti-war demonstrators are expected to march in Manchester on Saturday against the government's Middle East policies, police said.

Greater Manchester Police will deploy 1,000 officers during the march, which is being organised by the Stop the War Coalition, the Muslim Association of Britain and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

"We expect between 15,000 and 25,000, said a police spokeswoman.

Speakers will include maverick politician George Galloway, rights activist Bianca Jagger, musician Brian Eno and former UK ambassador to Uzbekistan Craig Murray.

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-09-23T000455Z_01_L22759783_RTRUKOC_0_UK-BRITAIN-POLITICS-PROTEST.xml">Article
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Brian Eno. I just love that man. Mostly because of his music, but .. :-)

[CHIMO]

1. Anti-war protests in Manchester

Up to 20,000 demonstrators have marched through the northern English city of Manchester to protest the presence of British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The protests on Saturday took place on the eve of the governing Labour Party's annual gathering.

Protesters packed Manchester's central Albert Square on Saturday before setting off on a march around the conference centre where delegates will meet.

George Galloway, an outspoken former member of Labour, told the crowd that Blair "is about to fall, not because of economy, or a great social issue, he is about to fall for one reason ... it is the wars, and the obscene Monica Lewinsky relationship he has entered into with George Bush."

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/893337A2-E7FB-4845-8B66-3DD81E09D7E2.htm

Now that creates an image.

[panader0]

2. The Monica reference is great!