I have been past Parliament Square peace camp several times and have seen that the tents there are rubbish. They must be full of condensation water each morning and need mopping out. Why not get yourselves some decent tents or you will be drowning in condensation before you finish your hunger strike.

I'm sorry, I respect her passion but I am no longer impressed with hunger striking as a tactic. It seriously damages/kills a person and if the media cover these actions then more people will do it. I'm personally glad that it won't encourage more people to do it. Activism is limitless. There are so many forms it can take. Why kill yourself? Barry Horne got a lot of publicity for his hunger strike initially but then the media lost interest. He came off the strike and then dies from the damage he had done to his body. The media barely covered his death. I'm sorry to say, I think he did a lot more good in his living than dying. Stay strong to fight another day.

Well said ruby, you have hit the nail on the head. This is probably why after 25 days there has been no coverage. I think the same can be said with the peace camp, 8 years on and it has failed to have any effect, over than waste thousands of tax payers money. if you try to speak with Brian or Barbara you can not have a debate with them, they are so narrow minded they are unwilling to listen. I listened to Brian on LBC radio last week and he was being interviewed by James Whale, who is a supporter or his. Brian was rude, would not answer the questions being put to him and then said that the interviewer could not communicate. Surely there is better ways of protest than hunger strikes, or setting up a few tents.

it would be a good idea to run some sort of competition for the most ill thought-out, inappropriate, poorly informed etc comments of the year

the above comments would win hands down. so there are some people who post here that believe that they have the right to DICTATE to another person what they decide to do with their own health and their own bodies. of course Gandhi frequently did this sort of thing although it should be noted that it was his friends that remonstrated with him to stop after the 20-22 day mark because he kept fainting whilst giving his speeches. it was not some pricks on a website cussing him for it.

the silence of the media on this topic is even more sickening than their usual efforts

Maria you are truly an inspiration, what you are doing shows us humanity is alive and in this day and age of instant gratifcation greed you are a heroine. Im very humbled by your actions.