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The Duracell Bunnies

Well, what do you expect? They’ve booked all the buses, printed all the placards, made all the sandwiches, they can’t possibly just call it all off. They’ve got momentum now and they just have to keep going:

Up to a quarter of a million protesters will march in London on Saturday despite the apparent success of coalition forces in Iraq, anti-war groups say.

The Stop the War coalition believes public opposition to the conflict is still strong – in spite of scenes of jubilation this week as American tanks entered Iraqi cities.

Jubilation in Baghdad, agitation in London.

But the police, who will have about 2,750 officers along the route, have said they expect fewer than 100,000 people to take part.

Flagrant fascist Bushista propoganda!!!

Speakers will include MPs Tam Dalyell and George Galloway, who face having the Labour whip withdrawn because of their anti-war stance.

Heroic martyrs!!

The group’s spokesman Chris Nineham said he believed “a great deal more problems” lay ahead for the British and US forces as they tried to take over Iraq’s administration.

Now this wouldn’t happen to be the same Chris Nineham who played such a prominent role in Marxism 2001? But I thought this march was supposed to be representative of ‘public opposition’, a great, spontaneous outburst of ordinary people’s sentiments?

The march is underway about now. I’d say 250,000 is probably a gross underestimation. Expect at least half a million. No, two million. No, twenty million….no, the entire population of the Northern hemisphere!!

9 comments to The Duracell Bunnies

  • One can only hope and pray that this event is as much of a giveway of the antiwar Left’s true agenda to the general public as it is to those of us on the Right who are already politically engaged.

    War is always a horrible thing — but it’s not always the most horrible thing. There are worse horrors which can only be undone by recourse to war. Sensible people will understand that.

  • Ian

    I do believe that the bunny is for Energizer, not Duracell. In the interest of accuracy.

    Maybe these fools will give me material for a new song.

  • Ian

    I do believe that the bunny is for Energizer, not Duracell. In the interest of accuracy.

    Maybe these fools will give me material for a new song.

  • Ian

    I do believe that the bunny is for Energizer, not Duracell. In the interest of accuracy.

    Maybe these fools will give me material for a new song.

  • Ian

    Sorry for the multiple posts. That’ll teach me to hit the button again out of impatience.

  • In the interests of even more accuracy, I had the feeling that pink electrical toy bunnies were used on one side of Atlantic to publicise the Energizer brand, and on the other side to publicise the Duracell brand (presumably owned by Mr and Mrs Energizer), for at least a few years.

    Or am I imagining that?

    Rather cute image, in any case, to compare with pompous left-wingers who will support Argentinian and Arab torturers and fascists rather than ever ever admit that English-speaking imperialists are often by far the lesser evil.

  • Yeah, Galloway may have the Labour whip withdrawn because of his anti-war stance. That’s alllll he’s done, simply oppose the war. And for that, the party will expel him.

    What a crock. My loathing for the BBC continues apace.

  • G Cooper

    Jackie D writes:

    “What a crock. My loathing for the BBC continues apace.”

    Sadly, ITN news, which has been a good deal better than the BBC propaganda machine’s during the current conflict, was just as bad this evening.

  • Ross

    Actually, Energizer and Duracell each have a DIFFERENT pink bunny. The Energizer one has sunglasses while the Duracell one looks cuter…