“March” is the wrong word. It suggests energy, discipline, a band playing a tune by John Philip Sousa, and also a fair distance cover ed; Mao’s Long March went on for 8,000 miles, at least according to Mao, while Gandhi’s Salt March lasted 24 days.
Last Saturday’s march for a People’s Vote, on the other hand, stretched no farther than the mile and a half between Hyde Park Corner and Parliament Square that has become the standard route for the big London street demonstration, and it walked at a pace no brisker than a slouch or a saunter. It was amiable, good-hearted and often humorous, as a large part of it needed to be, having been stood at a standstill in Park Lane long after the published starting time. A fine day had swollen the turnout beyond the police’s expectations; such a big crowd could not be sent forward all at once.
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