Today’s London protest

I’m not long back from attending today’s protest opposite Downing Street. There were a couple of hundred people, mainly Muslim League supporters it seemed, at least judging by the flag and noise quotient, though there were also supporters of Benazir Bhutto and Imran Khan, as well as lawyers and others supporting the lawyers’ protests: “No Puppet Judges!” was one of the banners; others called for restoration of the rule of law, and release of political prisoners. There were a few http://www.lependart.com anti-American slogans mixed in there too, and predictably some far-left activists selling their revolutionary papers – perhaps they think every possible demo, even a nakedly liberal and pro-democracy one like this, is a sales opportunity.

I did catch a brief glancette of Jemima, who’d just delivered the petition to No. 10, but mainly it was standing around for the rule of law as much as standing up for it. I’m glad I went, though. Go, Musharraf, go!