Around 30 people from the diferent communities that make up Tower Hamlets showed up to read the names of dead british soldiers and Iraqi civilians.

The present figures are:
Britain 100
USA Over 2,000
Iraqis Over 100,000

One point made by both the speakers at this event was that despite the media overkill on British servicemen noone is really bothering to count the Iraqi deaths. There are also the Iraqis who are dying from treatable conditions or poverty related illnesses as a direct result of the war.

At one point the local MP was mobbed by around a dozen Bengali 16 year olds. They did not seem particularly interested in Iraq but were desparate to know what Chantel from Big Brother is really like. Ho hum.....