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Protesters: Big on noise, small on numbers

Over the next 24 hours, we'll be shown TV pictures of protesters in London at Margaret Thatcher's funeral. But don't be fooled.

The ranty, angry "protesters" are a small – if noisy – minority.

One of the things a television camera does is make a few dozen people filling the screen seem like a large crowd.

Despite what the TV cameras might have suggested about Westminster today, there is no large crowd.  Here is a photo I took of Parliament Square at the height of the "protest".

As you can see, there's lots of green grass.  A few dozen misfits in one corner standing where they hope the TV cameras can see them.  And hundreds of tourists wondering what the loons are on about.

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