The People Vote for Peace
- who has been camped in Parliament Square for nearly 6 years in protest at the effect of our government’s foreign policy on ordinary people in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere;
- who, along with his supporters, has been subject to the most appalling oppression by the police;
- who has had a law, SOCPA, drafted specifically to try and get rid of him;
- who has recently won several court battles against the police interpretation of this law;
- whose display was stolen in the night by police and has now been re-created as an art exhibition in Tate Britain
has won Channel 4’s "Most Inspiring Political Figure Award" for 2007 with a massive 54% of the total vote.
In his acceptance speech, Brian said:
"I would like to say a warm thank you to everyone who voted for me. This is a vote against this government’s killing, maiming, torture, stealing. It’s a vote for the children of Iraq and Afghanistan, for all our children - our future. For truth, justice, peace and democracy for all."
Mysteriously (Fix!), Tony Blair was also amongst the shortlisted candidates, but polled just 8% of the vote. Inspiring political figure? Don’t make me laugh.
It’s about time Blair & co. caught up with public opinion. Put a stop to the ongoing police harassment of Brian and his friends and listen to what they’re saying. It’s a sad state of affairs when we have a war criminal for prime minister while people who try to draw attention to these war crimes are criminalised. Freedom and democracy? You decide.
