office workers in the city have waved 10 and 20 pound notes at g20 protesters in the street. naughty naughty. but wait till you have to go home tonight, guys! anyway, the fact that they did not throw the money out shows how times have changed. the bankers have to hang on to even the smallest notes now! and that with an ever-falling sterling.

i wouldn't mind joining the protest, but there are so many little groups and causes out there, it's hard to see what i want to identify with. protest against climate change? i'm sure mr climate change is shuddering with fear... anti-war coalition? these guys are only a few years late. how any powerful momentum can be created with so many different, and often opposing groups, is beyond me. i have studied the basics of marx and lenin (east german education!) and i know one thing: a common objective is needed, as is a *vanguard* party. however, these protesters only know what they don't want (important but not enough) and there is no such thing as a leadership, the face and mouth of a united protest, anywhere to be seen. easy game then for the established politicians to fiddle on while the world burns a little more.