London Bush 2003 Newswire Archive

18-11-2003 00:26

Master and Destroyer, Of the Peace of the World

Free satire poster of George Bush pretending to be Russell Crowe.
Go England! Stop Bush! Read more >>

17-11-2003 22:55

Police tried to follow me home

They tell me there are 14,000 Police Officers out on the streets of London to control the demonstrations against the Bush visit and I can certainly believe it. Read more >>

17-11-2003 22:52

GO GRANNY, GO GRANNY, GO GRANNY GO!

The little old lady named Lindis Percy
(Go, Granny, go, Granny, go Granny go)
Has a pretty little flower bed of white gardenias
(Go, Granny, go, Granny, go Granny go)
But parked high up on a Buckingham gate
Is an upside down symbol against occupier hate

CHORUS:
And everybody's sayin' that there's nobody meaner
Than the little old lady named Lindis Percy
(She climbs real fast and she jumps real hard)
She's the terror of the Palace Guard
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17-11-2003 22:48

Is this in good taste? (Mc.Ranch comes to Palace...)

oh no sorry, apparently according to Reuters it's a Jousting Tent! :-)
- a sort of "medieval marquee" that's been built to welcome Bush!

Reuters: "The two-domed tent, made of wood, poles and canvas, took three days to erect, said a policeman outside the palace.

"I wouldn't have it in my front room," said the policeman, understandably wishing to remain anonymous."
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17-11-2003 21:55

Letter from America - THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROTESTS!

I am an American activist who is appalled by our President Bush, and am writing to support your Bush protests from America. I saw Bush on American TV last night. An announcer from the UK said he had never seen this much vehemence towards a U.S. president in the UK EVER. Bush's response was that he was HAPPY to go to a country where protest/free speech was openly embraced and allowed. The hypocrisy here is unbelievable.
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17-11-2003 20:18

ChasingBush: SMS Tracking Website Live + Instructions

The Chasing Bush state visit tracking site has gone live from its holding page with info of how to get involved etc:

http://www.interwebnet.org/ Read more >>

17-11-2003 15:23

what britons really think about bush... (yougov poll results)

from:

http://www.news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2182588

ok just another poll - but results are supported by other recent polls - the message is clear - BUSH GO HOME! Read more >>

17-11-2003 15:13

Updated bush visit schedule

Updated itinerary from epolitix:

http://www.epolitix.com/data/html/news/EPX-NEWS/articles/000000001A447390AA6611CD9BC800AA002FC45A0900A56F84C9D8EDD111A102006097C4CD0D0000000B18030000238FC1C7798E1040A0F463339140C66D000000F994D50000.htm Read more >>

17-11-2003 15:10

100,000 Anti Bush Petition Handed into Downing Street

11am this morning: Read more >>

16-11-2003 19:17

Independent (os) reports MET Police to U-turn on Bush March Route

Have to wait until tomorrow's MET/STWC meeting to see if this transpires... Read more >>

15-11-2003 17:06

Moblogging Bush - SMS Text Tracking System for State Visit >>

OK, folks - here's the nuts and bolts of the Bush-stalking moblog... Read more >>

15-11-2003 16:45

Bush State Visit: Corporate Media Coverage

Page for collecting together a list of corporate media articles about the Bush State Visit to britain - 19-21st November 2003: Read more >>

15-11-2003 16:35

Daily Mail - Anarchist Thugs Plot a Bush Demo BLOODBATH!

More madness from The Daily Mail... "Bloodbath"? well maybe if the US secret service shoot a few people! Also includes a nice paragraph to try and split people by suggesting mainstream organisers have been informing police about those with more radical plans...
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15-11-2003 15:35

Michael Moore video

Michael Moore urges everyone to go to London next week to protest the Bush visit.
The video is about 1 minute long and requires Quick Time to view. It is about 500k.
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14-11-2003 16:18

Roaming Street Party on Wednesday 19th November

The idea of a roaming street party to 'welcome' George Bush to our capital city has been met with a lot of enthusiasm; so here are the details. Read more >>

14-11-2003 04:54

Interesting article in The Spectator on Bush visit

Hail to the Chief

George Bush needs to be pictured with the Queen to impress voters in the forthcoming presidential election, but, says Peter Oborne, next week’s state visit by the Commander-in-Chief is causing chaos

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13-11-2003 18:28

Bush Welcomes Massive Protests in London (....er...?)

Hitting the newswires and newstands around the world today is the news that Bush has said he welcomes the protests against his UK State Visit planned for next week. He made the comments during a brief Q and A session in the oval office - these were reported by AP and syndicated around the world: Read more >>

13-11-2003 13:36

"Anti-Bushism" hits U.S. expats in London

The British abandoned their stiff upper lips and hugged Americans after 9/11. Now much of that goodwill has evaporated and the blame is being laid firmly at the door of George W. Bush. Read more >>

13-11-2003 11:48

NO GM AMBUSH

Join us and keep our opposition to GM on the agenda when Bush visits the UK this month. Read more >>

13-11-2003 02:04

Bush Busting Carnival!!

Samba-tista's party against Bush. A loose collection of non-hierarchical student groups are planning a bit of a party on the 19th...to which you are ALL invited. Read more >>