I missed Bianca and Annie and the others, but I didn't miss them as there was plenty else going on. As I walked over Westminster Bridge there was the banner flying on the crane in front of the Houses of Parliament, and there were quite a few people stopping to look at it.

Later, Greenpeace activists got on their bikes and cycled across Westminster Bridge to Parliament Square, where they were stopped by police and threatened with arrest unless they left the roadway and moved onto the square. After a while they all did, many cycling away after a few minutes to cycle around London before joining the 'fish on a bicycle' Critical Mass that arrived back at the square a few hours later, and got the same 'off your bike' treatment from the police.

The square started to fill up rather more from around 5pm when a silent protest attended by a couple of hundred took place in the far corner of the square. By the time the speeches started at 6.15 there was a respectable crowd, perhaps around 500, but people were still arriving and with the addition of the cyclists there were perhaps closer to a thousand present.

A brief attempt by Greenpeace to protest on the pavement in front of the Houses of Parliament took the police by surprise, but the group were soon escorted back across the road.

Several Labour MPs came out from the House to address the meeting, along with many activists. Bruce Kent started his speech by thanking Brian Haw for allowing the demo to use his back garden, and Brian later came from his protest at the front of the square to address the meeting.

This time the government got its vote, but there will be later occasions to oppose Trident, as well as the continuing actions at Faslane which those at the demo were urged to take part in.

More pictures will appear later on 'My London Diary' at:
 http://mylondondiary.co.uk/2007/03/mar.htm as usual.