
The antiwar action is the latest in a long line of actions to have befallen the British Government since the invocation of the so-called War on Terror in 2001. Nine years later, the so-called War on Terror has been discarded and replaced with an ideology of international security operations. In Afghanistan itself, along with Iraq, the so-called war has proven to be a worldwide war for financial control of domestic markets. To date, over a million people have been killed in its name.

As the vote is debated, senior Government ministers arrive, unable to miss the message confirming public opinion.

The box in Parliament Square is painted with a compelling answer to those who continue to maintain that the occupation of Afghanistan is critical to the national security of the United Kingdom. Public opinion is now overwhelmingly in favour of an end to the deployment.

Peace campaigner Maria Gallastegui and activist. SkyWarrior spend a total of 25 hours and 50 minutes on the scaffolding at the side of the Parliament building.

The symbols of war have been flying around London for over a year now, originally appearing in an effort to convince the British people that army helicopters are available for use in Afghanistan.

Two months after the eviction of the Democracy Village, Parliament Square remains fenced off and despite little or no work having being done by contractors, the public are now firmly excluded from the area by Westminster City Council. There is no activity on site at all.

The Parliament Square Peace Campaign and the Democracy Village now known as the Westminster Village, has been completely excluded from the grass by Westminster City Council behind a barrage of petty fencing and cages.

After the election of a new Government, the removal of the previous human rights abusing Government and nine years of endless conflict with no end in sight, British public opinion is now in direct contradiction to the second and fourth estates. Despite this, British soldiers continue to die and continue to be ignored by an apathetic and clueless Parliament.