Trotskyite front organisation's demo represents the British people, apparently
Or so the Stop the War Coalition claims. Even supposing I should accept their figure of 100,000 people attending the demonstration in Manchester, Bianca Jagger's claim that "the protest proved that most of the British people were against the war in Iraq" is more than a bit rich. I make that figure equivalant to 1 in 600 people. The Plod's claim of 20,000 gives 1 in 3000.
For purposes of comparison, the Countryside Alliance's London march mustered 400, 000, and there are no more than a handful of football teams that regularly get more than 20, 000 people attending a match. Maybe 'most of the British people' support West Ham...
For purposes of comparison, the Countryside Alliance's London march mustered 400, 000, and there are no more than a handful of football teams that regularly get more than 20, 000 people attending a match. Maybe 'most of the British people' support West Ham...
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