Politics ad absurdam

[DanaC]

From the BBC.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6897656.stm

Police spent £111,000 last year on a crackdown on an anti-war protest outside Westminster.
Brian Haw, 57, has held vigil in Parliament Square for six years, using a megaphone to attack the government policy on Iraq.

Up to 428 officer shifts were devoted to the overnight raid to scale back Mr Haw's encampment on 23 May 2006, according to Scotland Yard figures.

Mr Haw, of Redditch, Worcs, has blocked several attempts to have him removed.

The figure is more than four times greater than the £27,000 previously estimated.