DAVID CARR OFFERS FIRSTHAND REPORTING from the anti-Bush protests in London — with photos! — and observes:

Some literary wag (and I think it was Gore Vidal but I am sure I will corrected in short order if it wasn’t) once quipped that politics is showbusiness for ugly people. Regardless of the provenance of the quote, I am quite sure that it must have been coined in honour of the Stop the War Coalition. Never in all my days have I cast my gaze upon such a motley collection of bedraggled, unsightly, grotseque and snaggle-toothed specimens as gathered today in Central London.

And he’s got the pictures to prove it.

UPDATE: And don’t miss this photo of a sympathizer flashing the peace sign!

ANOTHER UPDATE: More photo-reaction.