Former Labour Party leader Michael Foot has died, aged 96. In
February 2003, he threatened to lead a mass trespass of Hyde
Park when Tony Blair's government tried to ban its use for the
Stop the War demonstration. The government capitulated and
February 15 saw the biggest political demonstration in British
history. Michael Foot was one of the speakers in the Hyde Park
rally at the end of that memorable day, when two million
people gathered on London's streets to say "not in my name".