Four Spaniards poured red paint over themselves at midday on Saturday 17th March. They chose red to symbolize the pain and suffering and loss of blood that nuclear weapons threaten. The red paint bemused the police who did not want to get their uniforms dirty. After some confusion and a long delay then police dressed themselves up as demonstrators in similar white suits and then proceeded to arrest the four activists.

Alberto Estefania, from Bilbao says he came to the UK because,'We want to build a world without armies and wars. We want the resources spent on war preparations to go to build a peaceful world'.