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Last Updated:  Saturday, 22 March, 2003, 16:33 GMT
In pictures: UK anti-war protests
Poster laid out for protesters to pick up
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With just days to set up the march, organisers hoped to their message across
Marchers in London
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Shortly after midday, ten of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of London
Protesters with whistles
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Whistles, drums and chants helped to rally spirits
Caricatures of Bush and Blair
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In Sedgefield - Tony Blair's constituency - protesters made fun of the prime minister and the US president
Flowers in the fence at RAF Fairford
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At RAF Fairford, in Gloucestershire, protesters laid wreaths for the death of democracy
News image
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Journalist and author Will Self, who joined the Fairford rally, described Tony Blair as a "misguided idealist"
Poster of PM and Defence Secretary
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Others were more blunt in their message
Manchester march
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Police in Manchester appealed to protesters to make their point peacefully, following arrests at Friday's rally
London protest earlier this week
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The weekend marches followed days of protests across the UK, in which schoolchildren played a prominent part






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