Lib Dem councillor for Highgate ward, Bob Hare joined other residents from Haringey and thousands from all over the country in central London on Saturday for the latest anti-war protest march.

The march, organised by the Stop The War Coalition, began near Parliament and took protesters along Whitehall and into Piccadilly before reaching Hyde Park for a rally.

It came just days after the Lib Dems claimed that Tony Blair’s blind support for George Bush was costing lives and called for the government to establish a coherent exit strategy leading to the eventual withdrawal from Iraq.

Cllr Bob Hare paid tribute to the dedication of the anti-war protestors and vowed to continue to support the movement until the occupation was over.

Cllr Hare comments:

“We went to war on a falsehood, and have produced a situation of desperate insecurity and unrelenting violence. The human and financial costs of the conflict have been enormous.

“We have a moral obligation to the Iraq people to leave a stable and democratic country, but we should have a coherent exit strategy which sets out the criteria and milestones for the withdrawal of British troops by the end of 2005, as security conditions allow.”