Last night's carol service and SOCPA demo

It was freezing, but excellent. First off, the final lone mass demonstration of the year outside the House of Parliament on Parliament Square, with a good crowd led by Mark Thomas and his elves, followed by illicit carol singing by the statue of Winston Churchill. Hipflasks of sherry, cognac and hot mulled wine were produced and mince pies handed round to keep out the chill, then we tumbled into a pub to thaw out and to hear more about Tim from Bloggerheads exciting new project, National Service.

Photos can be found here , here, here, and here .Davide at Netherworld has written it up here with photos here. Rabbit Strike has written it up here. As they have both covered it so well I advise everyone to go and read their accounts rather than have me write it all up again here, badly, with a hangover. Big huge thanks to everyone who came. It was especially lovely to meet some of the readers of this blog. We raised £85.93 and 75 euro-cents for Medical Aid for Iraqi Children and we had a very good sing song busting bureacracy to defend democracy. Small things, foolish things, but important things.

UPDATE: More coverage from D-Notice, Bloggerheads and another very good, thoughtful write up from Disillusioned Kid