Budget Day Anti-War protest

On Budget Day I took part in the protest organised outside Parliament by CND and Stop the War Coalition. I read out Caroline Lucas's statement on the budget and also referred to the article in the Independent of that day calling the argument that British troops should stay in Afghanistan to protect civilians in New York and London a "fairytale". I also quoted from the US economist Joseph Steglitz, that the war in Afghanistan would cost the UK £10 billion this year alone.

Finally, I stated that there were three armies involved in this war - the army of unemployed youth in the UK who would be fed into the meat grinder, the army on the ground in Afghanistan, and the army of disabled, mentally ill and homeless people who would be cast on the scapheap, having served in the war, and whose benefits the ConDem government were slashing in the budget.

Photo of me speaking here and other photos from the demonstration including the Green Left banner.