One of the smaller actions of Saturday was a 3 hour candlelight vigil in front of the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square, London. The vigil was timed to coincide with the protests in Washington DC and, despite having been announced on BBC Radio 4 that morning, only 33 people turned up to show solidarity for the US protests.

The other actions in London over the weekend managed to attract much higher numbers and, when asked why so few people had turned up, participants said that the event had been poorly publicised. One American woman who attended said: "You really had to search for details."

Most of the people at the vigil had come because of the Radio 4 mention. Despite the low turnout the participants were in high spirits, distracting themselves from the cold night air by exchanging views and information about the imminent war (and resistance to it).

The police were also in attendance outside the imposing, fortress-like embassy. They too had not heard anything about the vigil and, after the protesters had started arriving, the local duty sergeant was despatched to assess the situation. Once he had ascertained that the vigil was not a threat to the affluent area's residents he stayed for a while and spoke with the participants, openly expressing support for their efforts and joking: "I'll tell you what, I'll bump up the numbers in the official report."