activist poaching:-) There are a number of events happening on May Day in London which all have some merit. The one which appears to be most relevent to this pledge is the "Beating the Bounds" event, assembling in Trafalgar Square at noon (which might arrive back at Trafalgar Square around the same time as the TUC march?) Wild speculation that Richard has been "got at" is unhelpful. He should have clarified the date issue when it arose back in December but the fact that he didn't does not imply malice. So yes, the Autonomous Bloc on the TUC march is certainly another option, but then so is the bike ride assembling under Waterloo Bridge on the South Bank at 11am or the Space Hijackers street party outside the Bank of England at 2pm (uniformed officers only). There are plenty of activists to go round - no need to get all competitive about it:-) Best of luck to everyone planning to turn out on May Day, whatever they decide to do. Shame that the protest didn't get off the mark. I was going to give it some coverage in a website I am building on free speech. Perhaps now I will be writing about the lack of solidarity or support for the right to protest and against the government's new draconain anti-protest laws. It seems that with so many events in London on May Day, your voice was drowned out by all the others. The comment above about using different channels