...why don't you lot fuck off home and leave Brian Haw alone.

is Brian the only person allowed in the square? It has become increasingly evident that Brian and his few allies are openly hostile to the democracy camp including slurs of police agents etc

raises the question what exactly does the PSPC stand for? Brain Haw's right to be the only person in the squre? Brian has been amazing - 9 years of anti-war protest , but others can protest too and in their own ways and about thier own issues -it's not a competition the war was always the main issue for PSPC but after that freedom to protest was a big second and so many people supported Brian with this - but now? It seems one has to apply to PSPC (aka Brian, Barbara and Charity) for permission to protest in the square and failure to do so will result in at the very least a lot of nasty verbal

p.s indymedia can censor this all they like but it wont go away

So what you seem to be saying is that Lord Haw of Westminster and friends now have the sole right to freedom of expression and assembly in Parliament Square? With that kind of attitude, is it any wonder we're still at war in Afghanistan?

"So what you seem to be saying is that Lord Haw of Westminster and friends now have the sole right to freedom of expression and assembly in Parliament Square? With that kind of attitude, is it any wonder we're still at war in Afghanistan? "

Bloody well said that man, or woman.

Brian your a darling and your sacrifice has been truly amazing but for christ sake, get with the program.

The one aspect that has allowed this piss-hole disaster of a Government to continue to wage this war has been public apathy. If you and your 'wimmin' are the only people in Parliament Square then you are nothing more than an advert for that apathy...ergo, you are supporting the Government and its war.

If other people gather in the Square and decide to campaign against the war then ditch your objections and support them. If they are doing something wrong talk to them. Support them and help them make this thing work.

This war is not just about you. Your are not the sole representative of the Peace Movement. There are others who quietly toil away in the background and all things considered, and as the current situation proves, have scored some mighty and impressive hits. If you lose their support, you are finished.

Brian and your supporters, prove to us that you continue to be an asset to Peace.

Brian's protest is about the serious issue of murder and genocide carried out under the orders of members of parliament. It's not about an experiment in building a utopian society based on state benefits. There are plenty of other places that can be done without undermining the anti-war cause. If you're going to stay there, stay on-topic, or leave the squair to the grown-ups.

"Brian's protest is about the serious issue of murder and genocide carried out under the orders of members of parliament."

Serious issue indeed. So serious that it must be stopped and prevented. Mr Haw has made a big sacrifice but it means close to nothing given the sacrifices made by those who have died in Afghanistan. I suspect that if the Afghani people were to look into Mr Haw's protest from overhead, they would immediately dismiss it as a pointless irrelevance.

In a few short weeks very large numbers of US and British troops will attack Kandahar prior to the long-awaited June invasion of the city. The operation will be undertaken as a result of the 'surge' put into place by US President Barack Obama late last year. Large numbers of innocent civilians will die. Many of them children, many of them women, many of them ordinary Afghan men just trying to earn a living in a war zone.

 http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20003616-503543.html

And what will Mr Haw be doing to actually prevent this?

Let me answer for you.

He will be standing in Parliament Square undermining another peace camp. He will be putting out false reports claiming that it has packed up and gone home or closed down by the police. He will be making underhand comments about another peace campaigner who has achieved far more than he has. He will be formenting dissent and sowing the seeds of division.

And while he is doing this, he will not spare a single thought for those who are about to die in the latest episode of the Genocide you allude to.

Your right, leave the Square to the grown -ups.

I was standing in the square today,
I don't belong to any organisation or group,
I had never been there before.
I'm just a person who was passing by.

I wanted to smoke a cig, my light had died, so I asked Brian if I could borrow his,
as he was nearby and lighting one for himself.
I was told, "fuck off you parasite".
And then again verbally insulted by an aussie woman with a megaphone.
And then I was intimidated with the threat of violence by some Iraqi guy.
All of them told me to go away, to pass by, to piss off

I only wanted a light.
I didn't think it too much to ask.

I have a right to stand wherever I like in a public square, and I wasn't in anyones face or way.

Brian thinks his right to be in Parliament square somehow overrides mine, and therefore he can insult me and tell me to leave.

I am in favour of peaceful protest and was in favour of Brian's protest,
But not anymore as my own rights were wilfully pushed aside, I was intimidated, insulted and abused.

I decided to go talk to some nice people instead.

These people give peace a bad name.

They are aggressive rude intimidating hypocrites.

by the way, the other protesters (don't know who they are) were friendly, kind and polite.

Now that was nice.